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In the reductionistic approach, mechanisms are divided into simpler parts interconnected in some standard way (e.g. by a mechanical transmission). We explore the possibility of porting reductionism in quantum operations. Conceptually, first…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Giuseppe Castagnoli , Dalida Monti

To describe non-equilibrium transport processes in a quantum device with infinite baths, we propose to formulate the problems as a reduced-order problem. Starting with the Liouville-von Neumann equation for the density-matrix, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-04 Weiqi Chu , Xiantao Li

Transport through correlated nanoscale systems underpins the operation of quantum-dot and molecular-scale devices, yet accurate simulations of large open quantum systems remain computationally challenging as system size increases.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 Maximilian Streitberger , Marko J. Rančić

The evolution of a mixed quantum-classical system is expressed in the mapping formalism where discrete quantum states are mapped onto oscillator states, resulting in a phase space description of the quantum degrees of freedom. By defining…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Aaron Kelly , Ramses van Zon , Jeremy Schofield , Raymond Kapral

The nonstationary and steady-state transport through a mesoscopic sample connected to particle reservoirs via time-dependent barriers is investigated within the reduced density operator method. The generalized Master equation is solved via…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Valeriu Moldoveanu , Andrei Manolescu , Vidar Gudmundsson

We extend the recently developed causal superfermion approach to the real-time transport theory to time-dependent decay problems.Its usefulness is illustrated for the Anderson model of a quantum dot with tunneling rates depending on spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-07-17 R. B. Saptsov , M. R. Wegewijs

We present a method for obtaining evolution operators for linear quantum trajectories. We apply this to a number of physical examples of varying mathematical complexity, in which the quantum trajectories describe the continuous projection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Jacobs , P. L. Knight

We develop an operator-based framework to coarse-grain interacting particle systems that exhibit clustering dynamics. Starting from the particle-based transfer operator, we first construct a sequence of reduced representations: the operator…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-10 Nathalie Wehlitz , Grigorios A. Pavliotis , Christof Schütte , Stefanie Winkelmann

We present a computationally tractable scheme of time-dependent transport phenomena within open-boundary time-dependent density-functional-theory. Within this approach all the response properties of a system are determined from the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Kurth , G. Stefanucci , C. -O. Almbladh , A. Rubio , E. K. U. Gross

The standard theoretical descriptions of the dynamics of open quantum systems rely on the assumption that the correlations with the environment can be neglected at some reference (initial) time. While being reasonable in specific instances,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-22 Andrea Trevisan , Andrea Smirne , Nina Megier , Bassano Vacchini

Although projection-based reduced-order models (ROMs) for parameterized nonlinear dynamical systems have demonstrated exciting results across a range of applications, their broad adoption has been limited by their intrusivity: implementing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-18 Zhe Bai , Liqian Peng

In recent years, predictive computational modeling has become a cornerstone for the study of fundamental electronic, optical, and thermal properties in complex forms of condensed matter, including Dirac and topological materials. The…

Quantum time evolution exhibits rich physics, attributable to the interplay between the density and phase of a wave function. However, unlike classical heat diffusion, the wave nature of quantum mechanics has not yet been extensively…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-08 Chenchao Zhao , Jun S. Song

We introduce Qlustering, a quantum-inspired algorithm for unsupervised learning that leverages network-based quantum transport to perform data clustering. In contrast to traditional distance-based methods, Qlustering treats the steady-state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-28 Shmuel Lorber , Yonatan Dubi

Computing reduced-order models using non-intrusive methods is particularly attractive for systems that are simulated using black-box solvers. However, obtaining accurate data-driven models can be challenging, especially if the underlying…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-01-03 Alberto Padovan , Blaine Vollmer , Daniel J. Bodony

The non-Markovian dynamics of an open quantum system can be rigorously derived using the Feynman-Vernon influence functional approach. Although this formalism is exact, practical numerical implementations often require compromises. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-09 Jiahao Chen , Elyana Crowder , Lian Xiang , Dragomir Davidovic

Non-prehensile manipulation in high-dimensional systems is challenging for a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons is the computationally long planning times that come with a large state space. Trajectory optimisation algorithms have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-13 David Russell , Rafael Papallas , Mehmet Dogar

Controlling large populations of thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs), such as water heaters, poses significant challenges due to the need to balance global constraints (e.g., grid stability) with individual requirements (e.g., physical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Thomas Le Corre , Julien Cardinal , Ana Bušić

This study proposes a computationally efficient method for optimizing multi-zone thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) by leveraging dimensionality reduction through an auto-encoder. We develop a multi-task learning framework to jointly…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-02 Xueyuan Cui , Yi Wang , Bolun Xu

As was recently shown, non-relativistic quantum theory can be derived by means of a projection method from a continuum of classical solutions for (massive) particles. In this paper we show that Maxwell's equations in empty space can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-09 Ulf Klein