English
Related papers

Related papers: On the hardness of quadratic unconstrained binary …

200 papers

Multi-objective optimization involving Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) problems arises in various domains. A fundamental challenge in this context is the effective balancing of multiple objectives, each potentially…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Loong Kuan Lee , Thore Gerlach , Nico Piatkowski

This paper develops an algorithmic solution using Ising machines to solve large-scale higher-order binary optimization (HOBO) problems with inequality constraints for resource optimization in wireless communications systems. Quadratic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Gan Zheng , Ioannis Krikidis

We present the mapping of a class of simplified air traffic management (ATM) problems (strategic conflict resolution) to quadratic unconstrained boolean optimization (QUBO) problems. The mapping is performed through an original…

Ising machines are next-generation computers expected to efficiently sample near-optimal solutions of combinatorial optimization problems. Combinatorial optimization problems are modeled as quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Kentaro Ohno , Nozomu Togawa

Adiabatic quantum computing is implemented on specialized hardware using the heuristics of the quantum annealing algorithm. This setup requires the addressed problems to be formatted as discrete quadratic functions without constraints and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Olga Okrut , Keith Cannon , Kareem H. El-Safty , Nada Elsokkary , Faisal Shah Khan

Quantum annealing is getting increasing attention in combinatorial optimization. The quantum processing unit by D-Wave is constructed to approximately solve Ising models on so-called Chimera graphs. Ising models are equivalent to quadratic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Michael Juenger , Elisabeth Lobe , Petra Mutzel , Gerhard Reinelt , Franz Rendl , Giovanni Rinaldi , Tobias Stollenwerk

Combinatorial optimization problems are ubiquitous in various disciplines and applications. Many heuristic algorithms have been devoted to solve these types of problems. In order to increase the efficiency for finding the optimal solutions,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-10 Yu-Ting Kao , Jia-Le Liao , Hsiu-Chuan Hsu

We study quantum computing algorithms for solving certain constrained resource allocation problems we coin as Mission Covering Optimization (MCO). We compare formulations of constrained optimization problems using Quantum Annealing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-05 Massimiliano Cutugno , Annarita Giani , Paul M. Alsing , Laura Wessing , Austars Schnore

This paper explores the applications of quantum annealing (QA) and classical simulated annealing (SA) to a suite of combinatorial optimization problems in machine learning, namely feature selection, instance selection, and clustering. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Chloe Pomeroy , Aleksandar Pramov , Karishma Thakrar , Lakshmi Yendapalli

Density matrix electronic structure theory is used in many quantum chemistry methods to "alleviate" the computational cost that arises from directly using wave functions. Although density matrix based methods are computationally more…

A quadratic binary unconstrained optimization model, hereafter QUBO, by definition is unconstrained. This, however, is not ideal if one needs to select a model containing only a fixed size binary vector. In this work we show how to add a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-11 Clark Alexander

In solving optimization problems, objective functions generally need to be minimized or maximized. However, objective functions cannot always be formulated explicitly in a mathematical form for complicated problem settings. Although several…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-07-20 Ami S. Koshikawa , Masayuki Ohzeki , Tadashi Kadowaki , Kazuyuki Tanaka

Practically relevant problems of quadratic optimization often contain multidimensional arrays of variables interconnected by linear constraints, such as equalities and inequalities. The values of each variable depend on its specific meaning…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Alexander M. Semenov , Sergey R. Usmanov , Aleksey K. Fedorov

Critical decision-making issues in science, engineering, and industry are based on combinatorial optimization; however, its application is inherently limited by the NP-hard nature of the problem. A specialized paradigm of analogue quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Rudraksh Sharma , Ravi Katukam , Arjun Nagulapally

Optimisation algorithms designed to work on quantum computers or other specialised hardware have been of research interest in recent years. Many of these solver can only optimise problems that are in binary and quadratic form. Quadratic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-23 Mayowa Ayodele

This article describes how to solve Sudoku puzzles using Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO). To this end, a QUBO instance with 729 variables is constructed, encoding a Sudoku grid with all constraints in place, which is then…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-11 Sascha Mücke

Steric clashes pose a challenge when exploring dense protein systems using conventional explicit-chain methods. A minimal example is a single lattice protein confined on a minimal grid, with no free sites. Finding its minimum energy is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-03 Anders Irbäck , Lucas Knuthson , Sandipan Mohanty

As consequences of disruptions in railway traffic affect passenger experience/satisfaction, appropriate rerouting and/or rescheduling is necessary. These problems are known to be NP-hard, given the numerous restrictions of traffic nature.…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-10-06 Krzysztof Domino , Akash Kundu , Özlem Salehi , Krzysztof Krawiec

Quantum technology is maturing to the point where quantum devices, such as quantum communication systems, quantum random number generators and quantum simulators, may be built with capabilities exceeding classical computers. A quantum…

In recent years, there is a growing interest in using quantum computers for solving combinatorial optimization problems. In this work, we developed a generic, machine learning-based framework for mapping continuous-space inverse design…