On the Computational Viability of Quantum Optimization for PMU Placement
Quantum Physics
2020-01-15 v1 Emerging Technologies
Systems and Control
Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
Abstract
Using optimal phasor measurement unit placement as a prototypical problem, we assess the computational viability of the current generation D-Wave Systems 2000Q quantum annealer for power systems design problems. We reformulate minimum dominating set for the annealer hardware, solve the reformulation for a standard set of IEEE test systems, and benchmark solution quality and time to solution against the CPLEX Optimizer and simulated annealing. For some problem instances the 2000Q outpaces CPLEX. For instances where the 2000Q underperforms with respect to CPLEX and simulated annealing, we suggest hardware improvements for the next generation of quantum annealers.
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@article{arxiv.2001.04489,
title = {On the Computational Viability of Quantum Optimization for PMU Placement},
author = {Eric B. Jones and Eliot Kapit and Chin-Yao Chang and David Biagioni and Deepthi Vaidhynathan and Peter Graf and Wesley Jones},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.04489},
year = {2020}
}