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We investigate the use of a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to design a set of photonic crystals (PCs) in one and two dimensions. Our flexible design methodology allows us to optimize PC structures which are optimized for specific objectives. In…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Joel Goh , Ilya Fushman , Dirk Englund , Jelena Vuckovic

Most real-world optimization problems are difficult to solve with traditional statistical techniques or with metaheuristics. The main difficulty is related to the existence of a considerable number of local optima, which may result in the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Gloria Pietropolli , Giuliamaria Menara , Mauro Castelli

Distributed quantum computing has been well-known for many years as a system composed of a number of small-capacity quantum circuits. Limitations in the capacity of monolithic quantum computing systems can be overcome by using distributed…

The MaxCut problem is a fundamental problem in Combinatorial Optimization, with significant implications across diverse domains such as logistics, network design, and statistical physics. The algorithm represents innovative approaches that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-03 Paulo A. Viana , Fernando M. de Paula Neto

Quantum computing leverages the unique properties of qubits and quantum parallelism to solve problems intractable for classical systems, offering unparalleled computational potential. However, the optimization of quantum circuits remains…

Among the genetic algorithms generally used for optimization problems in the recent decades, quantum-inspired variants are known for fast and high-fitness convergence and small resource requirement. Here the application to the patient…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Akira SaiToh , Arezoo Modiri , Amit Sawant , Robabeh Rahimi

Discovering configurations that are both high-utility and structurally diverse under expensive black-box evaluation and strict query budgets remains a central challenge in data-driven discovery. Many classical optimizers concentrate on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-11 Saisubramaniam Gopalakrishnan , Dagnachew Birru

The use of containers in cloud architectures has become widespread because of advantages such as limited overhead, easier and faster deployment and higher portability. Moreover, they are a suitable architectural solution for deployment of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Carlos Guerrero , Isaac Lera , Carlos Juiz

We propose genetic algorithms, which are robust optimization techniques inspired by natural selection, to enhance the versatility of digital quantum simulations. In this sense, we show that genetic algorithms can be employed to increase the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 U. Las Heras , U. Alvarez-Rodriguez , E. Solano , M. Sanz

We present a new optimization method for small-to-intermediate scale variational algorithms on noisy near-term quantum processors which uses a Gaussian process surrogate model equipped with a classically-evaluated quantum kernel.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Alistair W. R. Smith , A. J. Paige , M. S. Kim

Negative Selection Algorithms (NSAs), inspired by the self/non-self discrimination mechanism of the human immune system, have been widely employed in anomaly detection. However, their effectiveness is often constrained by the efficiency of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Giancarlo P. Gamberi , Calebe P. Bianchini

One of the main limitations of utilizing optimal wavefront shaping in imaging and authentication applications is the slow speed of the optimization algorithms currently being used. To address this problem we develop a micro-genetic…

Genetic algorithms have played an important role in engineering optimization. Traditional GAs treat each gene separately. However, biophysical studies of gene regulatory networks revealed direct associations between different genes. It…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Zhaoning Shi , Meng Xiang , Zhaoyang Hai , Xiabi Liu , Yan Pei

Genetic Programming is an evolutionary algorithm that generates computer programs, or mathematical expressions, to solve complex problems. In this Guide, we demonstrate how to use Genetic Programming to develop surrogate models to mitigate…

In general, we can not use algebraic or enumerative methods to optimize a quality control (QC) procedure so as to detect the critical random and systematic analytical errors with stated probabilities, while the probability for false…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-12-03 Aristides T. Hatjimihail , Theophanes T. Hatjimihail

This manuscript proposes an optimization framework to find the tailor-made functionally graded material (FGM) profiles for thermoelastic applications. This optimization framework consists of (1) a random profile generation scheme, (2) deep…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Piyush Agrawal , Ihina Mahajan , Shivam Choubey , Manish Agrawal

The development of tailored materials for specific applications is an active field of research in chemistry, material science and drug discovery. The number of possible molecules that can be obtained from a set of atomic species grow…

We employ a machine learning-enabled approach to quantum state engineering based on evolutionary algorithms. In particular, we focus on superconducting platforms and consider a network of qubits -- encoded in the states of artificial atoms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-26 Jonathon Brown , Mauro Paternostro , Alessandro Ferraro

The computational models for geophysical flows are computationally very expensive to employ in multi-query tasks such as data assimilation, uncertainty quantification, and hence surrogate models sought to alleviate the computational burden…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-01-10 Suraj Pawar , Omer San , Gary G. Yen

Conjugated organic molecules represent an important area of materials chemistry for both fundamental scientific exploration and technological applications. Using a genetic algorithm to computationally screen up to ~25-50 million molecules…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-07-14 Ilana Y. Kanal , Geoffrey R. Hutchison