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Balanced partitioning is often a crucial first step in solving large-scale graph optimization problems, e.g., in some cases, a big graph can be chopped into pieces that fit on one machine to be processed independently before stitching the…

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Quantum computing is expected to transform a range of computational tasks beyond the reach of classical algorithms. In this work, we examine the application of variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) for unsupervised image segmentation to…

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Quantum computers must meet extremely stringent qualitative and quantitative requirements on their qubits in order to solve real-life problems. Quantum circuit fragmentation techniques divide a large quantum circuit into a number of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Saikat Basu , Arnav Das , Amit Saha , Amlan Chakrabarti , Susmita Sur-Kolay

The weighted MAX k-CUT problem involves partitioning a weighted undirected graph into k subsets, or colors, to maximize the sum of the weights of edges between vertices in different subsets. This problem has significant applications across…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-05 Franz G. Fuchs , Ruben P. Bassa , Frida Lien

Engineering design processes involve iterative design evaluations requiring numerous computationally intensive numerical simulations. Quantum algorithms promise substantial speedups for specific tasks relevant to engineering simulations.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Leonhard Hölscher , Lukas Müller , Or Samimi , Tamuz Danzig

Quantum computation is a promising emerging technology which, compared to conventional computation, allows for substantial speed-ups e.g. for integer factorization or database search. However, since physical realizations of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-07 Alwin Zulehner , Robert Wille

Minor embedding is essential for mapping largescale combinatorial problems onto quantum annealers, particularly in quantum machine learning and optimization. This work presents an optimized, universal minor-embedding framework that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-01 Salvatore Sinno , Thomas Groß , Nicholas Chancellor , Bhavika Bhalgamiya , Arati Sahoo

With the rapid advancement of quantum computing, Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is considered as a promising candidate to demonstrate quantum supremacy, which exponentially solves a class of Quadratic Unconstrained Binary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-11 Bo Yue , Shibei Xue , Yu Pan , Min Jiang , Daoyi Dong

Gaussian Processes are used in many applications to model spatial phenomena. Within this context, a key issue is to decide the set of locations where to take measurements so as to obtain a better approximation of the underlying function.…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-01-31 Lorenzo Bottarelli , Alessandro Farinelli

Recent studies on quantum computing algorithms focus on excavating features of quantum computers which have potential for contributing to computational model enhancements. Among various approaches, quantum annealing methods effectively…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-02 Sun Woo Park , Hyunju Lee , Byung Chun Kim , Youngho Woo , Kyungtaek Jun

NP problems are closely related to practical optimization challenges but often suffer from exponential increases in computation time as problem sizes grow. Quantum annealing offers a promising approach to solve NP problems faster than…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-14 Toru Fujii , Koshi Komuro , Kaito Tomari

This article presents a scalable, data-driven formulation of city-wide Traffic Flow Optimization as a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization problem and evaluates its performance using quantum annealing and classical solvers on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Renáta Rusnáková , Martin Chovanec , Juraj Gazda

Partitioning graphs into blocks of roughly equal size such that few edges run between blocks is a frequently needed operation in processing graphs. Recently, size, variety, and structural complexity of these networks has grown dramatically.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-16 Yaroslav Akhremtsev , Peter Sanders , Christian Schulz

Despite extensive research efforts, few quantum algorithms for classical optimization demonstrate realizable quantum advantage. The utility of many quantum algorithms is limited by high requisite circuit depth and nonconvex optimization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-27 Taylor L. Patti , Jean Kossaifi , Anima Anandkumar , Susanne F. Yelin

Quantum annealing has emerged as a promising approach for solving NP-hard optimization problems, leveraging quantum phenomena such as quantum tunneling to navigate complex energy landscapes. However, the extent to which quantum tunneling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-02 Vishwajeet Ohal , Pierre Boulanger

This paper explores the use of quantum computing, specifically the use of HHL and VQLS algorithms, to solve optimal power flow problem in electrical grids. We investigate the effectiveness of these quantum algorithms in comparison to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 Sajad Fathi Hafshejani , Md Mohsin Uddin , David Neufeld , Daya Gaur , Robert Benkoczi

Parallel Quantum Annealing is a technique to solve multiple optimization problems simultaneously. Parallel quantum annealing aims to optimize the utilization of available qubits on a quantum topology by addressing multiple independent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-12 Arit Kumar Bishwas , Anuraj Som , Saurabh Choudhary

Modeling data sharing in GPU programs is a challenging task because of the massive parallelism and complex data sharing patterns provided by GPU architectures. Better GPU caching efficiency can be achieved through careful task scheduling…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-10-04 Lingda Li , Ari B. Hayes , Stephen A. Hackler , Eddy Z. Zhang , Mario Szegedy , Shuaiwen Leon Song

Quantum computers provide a fundamentally new computing paradigm that promises to revolutionize our ability to solve broad classes of problems. Surprisingly, the basic mathematical structures of gate-based quantum computing, such as unitary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-20 Brian R. La Cour , S. Andrew Lanham , Corey I. Ostrove

The Quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) is a leading hybrid classical-quantum algorithm for solving complex combinatorial optimization problems. QAOA-in-QAOA (QAOA^2) uses a divide-and-conquer heuristic to solve large-scale…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-27 Aniello Esposito , Tamuz Danzig