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Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is a quantum-classical hybrid algorithm proposed with the goal of approximately solving combinatorial optimization problems such as the MAX-CUT problem. It has been considered a potential…
The permutation flow shop scheduling (PFSS), aiming at finding the optimal permutation of jobs, is widely used in manufacturing systems. When solving large-scale PFSS problems, traditional optimization algorithms such as heuristics could…
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We study heuristic algorithms for job shop scheduling problems. We compare classical approaches, such as the shifting bottleneck heuristic with novel strategies using decision diagrams. Balas' local refinement is used to improve feasible…
We introduce a problem class we call Polynomial Constraint Satisfaction Problems, or PCSP. Where the usual CSPs from computer science and optimization have real-valued score functions, and partition functions from physics have monomials,…
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We present a subproblemation scheme for heuristical solving of the JSP (Job Reassignment Problem). The cost function of the JSP is described via a QUBO hamiltonian to allow implementation in both gate-based and annealing quantum computers.…
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