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We propose a novel heuristic quantum algorithm for the Minimum Vertex Cover (MVC) problem based on continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs). In this framework, the coherent propagation of a quantum walker over a graph encodes its structural…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 F. S. Luiz , A. K. F. Iwakami , D. H. Moraes , M. C. de Oliveira

Quantum-circuit implementations of continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs) can provide an efficient route to model graph-based algorithms. However, constructing circuits that faithfully reproduce CTQW dynamics across arbitrary graphs remains…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 Sabyasachi Chakraborty , Rohit Sarma Sarkar , Sonjoy Majumder , Rohit Kishan Ray

Quantum computing is offering a novel perspective for solving combinatorial optimization problems. To fully explore the possibilities offered by quantum computers, the problems need to be formulated as unconstrained binary models, taking…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-01 Özlem Salehi , Adam Glos , Jarosław Adam Miszczak

Quantum walk serves as a versatile tool for universal quantum computing and algorithmic research. However, the implementation of discrete-time quantum walks (DTQWs) with superconducting circuits is still constrained by some limitations such…

Quantum walk is a useful model to simulate complex quantum systems and to build quantum algorithms; in particular, to develop spatial search algorithms on graphs, which aim to find a marked vertex as quickly as possible. Quantum walks are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-25 Renato Portugal , Jalil Khatibi Moqadam

Continuous-time quantum walks have proven to be an extremely useful framework for the design of several quantum algorithms. Often, the running time of quantum algorithms in this framework is characterized by the quantum hitting time: the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-13 Yosi Atia , Shantanav Chakraborty

In this work, we consider the application of continuous time quantum walking(CTQW) to the Maximum Clique(MC) Problem. Performing CTQW on graphs will generate distinct periodic probability amplitude for different vertices. We will show that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-05-26 Xi Li , Mingyou Wu , Hanwu Chen

Quantum walks contribute significantly to developing quantum algorithms and quantum simulations. Here, we introduce a first of its kind one-dimensional quantum walk in the $d$-dimensional quantum domain, where $d>2$, and show its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-04 Amit Saha , Debasri Saha , Amlan Chakrabarti

A quantum computer, i.e. utilizing the resources of quantum physics, superposition of states and entanglement, could furnish an exponential gain in computing time. A simulation using such resources is called a quantum simulation. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-02 Pablo Arnault

Unitary Coined Discrete-Time Quantum Walks (UC-DTQW) constitute a universal model of quantum computation, meaning that any computation done by a general purpose quantum computer can either be done using the UC-DTQW framework. In the last…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-05 Allan Wing-Bocanegra , Salvador E. Venegas-Andraca

Quantum computing has the potential to solve complex problems faster and more efficiently than classical computing. It can achieve speedups by leveraging quantum phenomena like superposition, entanglement, and tunneling. Quantum walks (QWs)…

Quantum walks have wide applications in quantum information, such as universal quantum computation, so it is important to explore properties of quantum walks thoroughly. We propose a novel method to implement discrete-time quantum walks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-09 Qi-Ping Su , Shi-Chao Wang , Yan Chi , Yong-Nan Sun , Li Yu , Zhe Sun , Franco Nori , Chui-Ping Yang

This paper proposes a highly efficient quantum algorithm for portfolio optimisation targeted at near-term noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers. Recent work by Hodson et al. (2019) explored potential application of hybrid…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-29 N. Slate , E. Matwiejew , S. Marsh , J. B. Wang

Implementation of discrete-time quantum walk (DTQW) with superconducting qubits is difficult since on-chip superconducting qubits cannot hop between lattice sites. We propose an efficient protocol for the implementation of DTQW in circuit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-31 Jia-Qi Zhou , Qi-Ping Su , Chui-Ping Yang

Continuous time quantum walks (CTQW) do not necessarily perform better than their classical counterparts, the continuous time random walks (CTRW). For one special graph, where a recent analysis showed that in a particular direction of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Oliver Muelken , Alexander Blumen

Diverse facets Of the Theory of Quantum Walks on Graph are reviewed Till now .In specific, Quantum network routing, Quantum Walk Search Algorithm, Element distinctness associated to the eigenvalues of Graphs and the use of these relation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-01 Tewabe Chekole

Discrete time quantum walks (DTQWs) are nontrivial generalizations of random walks with a broad scope of applications. In particular, they can be used as computational primitives, and they are suitable tools for simulating other quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-13 Bálint Kollár , Tamás Kiss , Igor Jex

Classical algorithms are often not effective for solving nonconvex optimization problems where local minima are separated by high barriers. In this paper, we explore possible quantum speedups for nonconvex optimization by leveraging the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-07 Yizhou Liu , Weijie J. Su , Tongyang Li

Combinatorial optimization is a promising application for near-term quantum computers, however, identifying performant algorithms suited to noisy quantum hardware remains as an important goal to potentially realizing quantum computational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Titus D. Morris , Ananth Kaushik , Martin Roetteler , Phillip C. Lotshaw

The enormous successes have been made by quantum algorithms during the last decade. In this paper, we combine the quantum random walk (QRW) with the problem of data clustering, and develop two clustering algorithms based on the one…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2008-12-09 Qiang Li , Yan He , Jing-ping Jiang