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The Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) model has gained prominence in recent years with the discovery that it unifies a rich variety of combinatorial optimization problems. By its association with the Ising problem in…

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Quantum Computing is considered as the next frontier in computing, and it is attracting a lot of attention from the current scientific community. This kind of computation provides to researchers with a revolutionary paradigm for addressing…

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Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) is a combinatorial optimization to find an optimal binary solution vector that minimizes the energy value defined by a quadratic formula of binary variables in the vector. As many NP-hard…

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We develop a new approach that computes approximate equilibrium strategies in Jotto, a popular word game. Jotto is an extremely large two-player game of imperfect information; its game tree has many orders of magnitude more states than…

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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…

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We propose a new Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) formulation of the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP), with which we overcame the best formulation of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) in terms of the minimum number of…

We introduce a novel quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) formulation for a classical problem in electrical engineering -- the optimal reconfiguration of distribution grids. For a given graph representing the grid…

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We study the complexity of several combinatorial problems in the model of binary networked public goods games. In this game, players are represented by vertices in a network, and the action of each player can be either investing or not…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Yongjie Yang , Jianxin Wang

In this work, we introduce a novel Quadratic Binary Optimization (QBO) framework for training a quantized neural network. The framework enables the use of arbitrary activation and loss functions through spline interpolation, while Forward…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Wenxin Li , Chuan Wang , Hongdong Zhu , Qi Gao , Yin Ma , Hai Wei , Kai Wen

With the advent of quantum computers, many quantum computing algorithms are being developed. Solving linear systems is one of the most fundamental problems in almost all science and engineering. The Harrow-Hassidim-Lloyd algorithm, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-25 Kyungtaek Jun

We prove an explicit upper bound on the amount of entanglement required by any strategy in a two-player cooperative game with classical questions and quantum answers. Specifically, we show that every strategy for a game with n-bit questions…

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In this paper, we propose a novel method of formulating an NP-hard wireless channel assignment problem as a higher-order unconstrained binary optimization (HUBO), where the Grover adaptive search (GAS) is used to provide a quadratic speedup…

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Quantum computers that process information by harnessing the remarkable power of quantum mechanics are increasingly being put to practical use. In the future, their impact will be felt in numerous fields, including in online casino games.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-08 Yushi Mura , Hiroki Wada

We present a quantum-inspired tensor network algorithm for solving tridiagonal Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) problems and quadratic unconstrained discrete optimization (QUDO) problems. We also solve the more general…

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Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-03-15 Bhavuk Kalra

Variational quantum algorithms have been advocated as promising candidates to solve combinatorial optimization problems on near-term quantum computers. Their methodology involves transforming the optimization problem into a quadratic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-01 Zoé Verchère , Sourour Elloumi , Andrea Simonetto

Quantum phenomena have remained largely inaccessible to the general public. This can be attributed to the fact that we do not experience quantum mechanics on a tangible level in our daily lives. Games can provide an environment in which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-12 Christopher Cantwell

The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) requires considered optimization problems to be translated into a compatible format. A popular transformation step in this pipeline involves the quadratization of higher-order binary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-26 Damian Rovara , Lukas Burgholzer , Robert Wille

To run an algorithm on a quantum computer, one must choose an assignment from logical qubits in a circuit to physical qubits on quantum hardware. This task of initial qubit placement, or qubit allocation, is especially important on…

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