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Quantum reinforcement learning has emerged as a framework combining quantum computation with sequential decision-making, and applications to the multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem have been reported. The graph bandit problem extends the MAB…

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)…

Random walks simulate the randomness of objects, and are key instruments in various fields such as computer science, biology and physics. The counter part of classical random walks in quantum mechanics are the quantum walks. Quantum walk…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-01-09 Annamaria Ficara , Giacomo Fiumara , Pasquale De Meo , Salvatore Catanese

In this paper, we consider a new Multi-Armed Bandit (MAB) problem where arms are nodes in an unknown and possibly changing graph, and the agent (i) initiates random walks over the graph by pulling arms, (ii) observes the random walk…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Tianyu Wang , Lin F. Yang , Zizhuo Wang

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

Biomolecular networks, such as protein-protein interactions, gene-gene associations, and cell-cell interactions, offer valuable insights into the complex organization of biological systems. These networks are key to understanding cellular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-22 Viacheslav Dubovitskii , Aritra Bose , Filippo Utro , Laxmi Parida

We introduce the quantum stochastic walk (QSW), which determines the evolution of generalized quantum mechanical walk on a graph that obeys a quantum stochastic equation of motion. Using an axiomatic approach, we specify the rules for all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-09 César A. Rodríguez-Rosario , James D. Whitfield , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Quantum walk (QW), which is considered as the quantum counterpart of the classical random walk (CRW), is actually the quantum extension of CRW from the single-coin interpretation. The sequential unitary evolution engenders correlation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-11 Jin-Fu Chen , Yu-Han Ma , Chang-Pu Sun

We investigate a novel quantum random walk (QRW) model, possibly useful in quantum algorithm implementation, that achieves a quadratically faster diffusion rate compared to its classical counterpart. We evaluate its asymptotic behavior…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Demosthenes Ellinas , Ioannis Smyrnakis

Quantum walks (QWs) exhibit different properties compared with classical random walks (RWs), most notably by linear spreading and localization. In the meantime, random walks that replicate quantum walks, which we refer to as…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-11-01 Tomoki Yamagami , Etsuo Segawa , Nicolas Chauvet , André Röhm , Ryoichi Horisaki , Makoto Naruse

The quantum walk (QW) was introduced as a quantum counterpart of the classical random walk. A number of non-classical properties of the QW have been shown, e.g., ballistic spreading, anti-bellshaped limit density, localization. Since around…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-07 Norio Konno

Given the extensive application of classical random walks to classical algorithms in a variety of fields, their quantum analogue in quantum walks is expected to provide a fruitful source of quantum algorithms. So far, however, such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-03-26 B. L. Douglas , J. B. Wang

Multi-armed bandits are one of the theoretical pillars of reinforcement learning. Recently, the investigation of quantum algorithms for multi-armed bandit problems was started, and it was found that a quadratic speed-up (in query…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-26 Simon Buchholz , Jonas M. Kübler , Bernhard Schölkopf

Rules for quantizing the walker+coin parts of a classical random walk are provided by treating them as interacting quantum systems. A quantum optical random walk (QORW), is introduced by means of a new rule that treats quantum or classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Demosthenes Ellinas , Ioannis Smyrnakis

Quantum random walks have been much studied recently, largely due to their highly nonclassical behavior. In this paper, we study one possible route to classical behavior for the discrete quantum random walk on the line: the use of multiple…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Todd A. Brun , Hilary A. Carteret , Andris Ambainis

We introduce SamBa-GQW, a novel quantum algorithm for solving binary combinatorial optimization problems of arbitrary degree with no use of any classical optimizer. The algorithm is based on a continuous-time quantum walk on the solution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-19 Ugo Nzongani , Dylan Laplace Mermoud , Giuseppe Di Molfetta , Andrea Simonetto

Quantum walks have emerged as an interesting approach to quantum information processing, exhibiting many unique properties compared to the analogous classical random walk. Here we introduce a model for a discrete-time quantum walk with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-08 Peter P. Rohde , Gavin K. Brennen , Alexei Gilchrist

This paper investigates the performance of the emerging non-variational Quantum Walk-based Optimisation Algorithm (NV-QWOA) for solving small instances of the Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP). NV-QWOA is benchmarked against classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-06 Andrew Freeland , Jingbo Wang

In recent years, the integration of communication and control systems has gained significant traction in various domains, ranging from autonomous vehicles to industrial automation and beyond. Multi-armed bandit (MAB) algorithms have proven…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-16 Hiba Dakdouk , Mohamed Sana , Mattia Merluzzi

Quantum random walks (QRWs) are random processes in which the resulting probability density of the "walker" state, whose movement is governed by a "coin" state, is described in a non-classical manner. Previously, Q-plates have been used to…

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