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We continue to investigate the use of quantum computers for building an optimal portfolio out of a universe of 60 U.S. listed, liquid equities. Starting from historical market data, we apply our unique problem formulation on the D-Wave…

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The quest for real-time dynamic optimization solutions in the process industry represents a formidable computational challenge, particularly within the realm of applications like model-predictive control, where rapid and reliable…

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Portfolio construction has been a long-standing topic of research in finance. The computational complexity and the time taken both increase rapidly with the number of investments in the portfolio. It becomes difficult, even impossible for…

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This paper investigates the experimental performance of a discrete portfolio optimization problem relevant to the financial services industry on the gate-model of quantum computing. We implement and evaluate a portfolio rebalancing use case…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-14 Mark Hodson , Brendan Ruck , Hugh Ong , David Garvin , Stefan Dulman

There have been multiple attempts to demonstrate that quantum annealing and, in particular, quantum annealing on quantum annealing machines, has the potential to outperform current classical optimization algorithms implemented on CMOS…

A quantum-inspired optimization approach is proposed to study the portfolio optimization aimed at selecting an optimal mix of assets based on the risk-return trade-off to achieve the desired goal in investment. By integrating conventional…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2024-11-15 Ying-Chang Lu , Chao-Ming Fu , Lien-Po Yu , Yen-Jui Chang , Ching-Ray Chang

Portfolio optimization is one of the most studied optimization problems at the intersection of quantum computing and finance. In this work, we develop the first quantum formulation for a portfolio optimization problem with higher-order…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-28 Valter Uotila , Julia Ripatti , Bo Zhao

Quantum Annealing, or Quantum Stochastic Optimization, is a classical randomized algorithm which provides good heuristics for the solution of hard optimization problems. The algorithm, suggested by the behaviour of quantum systems, is an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-06 Diego de Falco , Dario Tamascelli

Portfolio optimization is one of the most studied problems for demonstrating the near-term applications of quantum computing. However, large-scale problems cannot be solved on today's quantum hardware. In this work, we extend upon a study…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-03 Naman Jain , M Girish Chandra

The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is one of the most promising Noisy Intermediate Quantum Algorithms (NISQ) in solving combinatorial optimizations and displays potential over classical heuristic techniques.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-18 Arul Rhik Mazumder , Anuvab Sen , Udayon Sen

This work focuses on quantum methods for cryptanalysis of schemes based on the integer factorization problem and the discrete logarithm problem. We demonstrate how to practically solve the largest instances of the factorization problem by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Olgierd Żołnierczyk

The Bin Packing Problem (BPP) stands out as a paradigmatic combinatorial optimization problem in logistics. Quantum and hybrid quantum-classical algorithms are expected to show an advantage over their classical counterparts in obtaining…

In this paper we briefly review two recent use-cases of quantum optimization algorithms applied to hard problems in finance and economy. Specifically, we discuss the prediction of financial crashes as well as dynamic portfolio optimization.…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2020-10-06 Samuel Mugel , Enrique Lizaso , Roman Orus

Quantum computers leverage the principles of quantum mechanics to do computation with a potential advantage over classical computers. While a single classical computer transforms one particular binary input into an output after applying one…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-03-17 Francisco Chicano , Gabiel Luque , Zakaria Abdelmoiz Dahi , Rodrigo Gil-Merino

A novel class of hybrid quantum-classical algorithms based on the variational approach have recently emerged from separate proposals addressing, for example, quantum chemistry and combinatorial problems. These algorithms provide an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-09 Gian Giacomo Guerreschi , Mikhail Smelyanskiy

This work is a benchmark study for quantum-classical computing method with a real-world optimization problem from industry. The problem involves scheduling and balancing jobs on different machines, with a non-linear objective function. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-06 Abhishek Awasthi , Nico Kraus , Florian Krellner , David Zambrano

Combinatorial optimization is widely regarded as a primary application for near-term quantum processors, although a definitive demonstration of the practical quantum advantage remains elusive. Recent studies have reported that both…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Xian-Zhe Tao , Pavel Mosharev , Man-Hong Yung

Optimisation plays a central role in a wide range of scientific and industrial applications, and quantum computing has been widely proposed as a means to achieve computational advantages in this domain. To date, research into the design of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Stuart Ferguson , Petros Wallden

Quantum optimization holds promise for addressing classically intractable combinatorial problems, yet a standardized framework for benchmarking its performance, particularly in terms of solution quality, computational speed, and scalability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Monit Sharma , Hoong Chuin Lau

The quantum approximate optimisation algorithm was proposed as a heuristic method for solving combinatorial optimisation problems on near-term quantum computers and may be among the first algorithms to perform useful computations in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-10 David Headley , Thorge Müller , Ana Martin , Enrique Solano , Mikel Sanz , Frank K. Wilhelm