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Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) promise efficient use of near-term quantum computers. However, training VQAs often requires an extensive amount of time and suffers from the barren plateau problem where the magnitude of the gradients…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-24 Tobias Haug , M. S. Kim

We consider solving nonlinear optimization problems with a stochastic objective and deterministic equality constraints, assuming that only zero-order information is available for both the objective and constraints, and that the objective is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Sen Na

Portfolio optimization is a fundamental problem in finance that aims to determine the optimal allocation of assets within a portfolio to maximize returns while minimizing risk. It can be formulated as a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Anbang Wang , Zhonggang Lv , Zhenyuan Ma , Dunbo Cai , Zhihong Zhang

Variational Quantum Eigensolvers (VQEs) represent a promising approach to computing molecular ground states and energies on modern quantum computers. These approaches use a classical computer to optimize the parameters of a trial wave…

Variational quantum algorithms are a promising hybrid framework for solving chemistry and physics problems with broad applicability to optimization as well. They are particularly well suited for noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-18 Lucas Slattery , Benjamin Villalonga , Bryan K. Clark

Quantum algorithms offer a compelling new avenue for addressing difficult NP-complete optimization problems, such as the Generalized Assignment Problem (GAP). Given the operational constraints of contemporary Noisy Intermediate-Scale…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-05 Carlo Mastroianni , Francesco Plastina , Jacopo Settino , Andrea Vinci

Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) incorporate hybrid quantum-classical computation aimed at harnessing the power of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers to solve challenging computational problems. In this thesis, three…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-18 Mirko Consiglio

This study systematically benchmarks several non-fault-tolerant quantum computing algorithms across four distinct optimization problems: max-cut, number partitioning, knapsack, and quantum spin glass. Our benchmark includes noisy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-31 Santaro Kikuura , Ryoya Igata , Yuta Shingu , Shohei Watabe

Variational quantum algorithms are tailored to perform within the constraints of current quantum devices, yet they are limited by performance-degrading errors. In this study, we consider a noise model that reflects realistic gate errors…

In the era of noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices, variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) stand as a prominent strategy for constructing quantum machine learning models. These models comprise both a quantum and a classical component.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-01 Lucas Friedrich , Jonas Maziero

Variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) optimizes parameterized eigenstates of a Hamiltonian on a quantum processor by updating parameters with a classical computer. Such a hybrid quantum-classical optimization serves as a practical way to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Dan-Bo Zhang , Tao Yin

In recent years, variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) have gained significant attention due to their adaptability and efficiency on near-term quantum hardware. They have shown potential in a variety of tasks, including linear algebra,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-06 Yigal Ilin , Itai Arad

Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) offer a promising approach to solving computationally demanding problems by combining parameterized quantum circuits with classical optimization. Estimating probabilistic outcomes on quantum hardware…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Senwei Liang , Linghua Zhu , Xiaosong Li , Chao Yang

Very little is known about the cost landscape for parametrized Quantum Circuits (PQCs). Nevertheless, PQCs are employed in Quantum Neural Networks and Variational Quantum Algorithms, which may allow for near-term quantum advantage. Such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-16 Enrico Fontana , M. Cerezo , Andrew Arrasmith , Ivan Rungger , Patrick J. Coles

We propose SnCQA, a set of hardware-efficient variational circuits of equivariant quantum convolutional circuits respective to permutation symmetries and spatial lattice symmetries with the number of qubits $n$. By exploiting permutation…

This study systematically benchmarks classical optimization strategies for the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm when applied to Generalized Mean-Variance Problems under near-term Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum conditions. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Tomáš Bezděk , Haomu Yuan , Vojtěch Novák , Silvie Illésová , Martin Beseda

Variational quantum eigensolver (VQE), aiming at determining the ground state energy of a quantum system described by a Hamiltonian on noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) devices, is among the most significant applications of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Ze-Tong Li , Fan-Xu Meng , Han Zeng , Zai-Chen Zhang , Xu-Tao Yu

Stochastic convex optimization problems with nonlinear functional constraints are ubiquitous in signal processing applications including constrained least-squares, set-membership adaptive filtering, and trajectory optimization under…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Panchajanya Sanyal , Srujan Teja Thomdapu , Ketan Rajawat

In this paper, we have studied the performance and role of local optimizers in quantum variational circuits. We studied the performance of the two most popular optimizers and compared their results with some popular classical machine…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Nisheeth Joshi , Pragya Katyayan , Syed Afroz Ahmed

Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) are a promising approach for practical applications like chemistry and materials science on near-term quantum computers as they typically reduce quantum resource requirements. However, in order to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-07 Andi Gu , Angus Lowe , Pavel A. Dub , Patrick J. Coles , Andrew Arrasmith