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Hard combinatorial optimization problems, often mapped to Ising models, promise potential solutions with quantum advantage but are constrained by limited qubit counts in near-term devices. We present an innovative quantum-inspired framework…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-25 Co Tran , Quoc-Bao Tran , Hy Truong Son , Thang N Dinh

The paper studies the multi-user precoding problem as a non-convex optimization problem for wireless multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) systems. In our work, we approximate the target Spectral Efficiency function with a novel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Evgeny Bobrov , Dmitry Kropotov , Sergey Troshin , Danila Zaev

We show that the NP-hard quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problem on a graph $G$ can be solved using an adiabatic quantum computer that implements an Ising spin-1/2 Hamiltonian, by reduction through minor-embedding of $G$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-07-16 Vicky Choi

Multi-objective optimisation problems involve finding solutions with varying trade-offs between multiple and often conflicting objectives. Ising machines are physical devices that aim to find the absolute or approximate ground states of an…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-22 Mayowa Ayodele , Richard Allmendinger , Manuel López-Ibáñez , Arnaud Liefooghe , Matthieu Parizy

In this paper we discuss Grover Adaptive Search (GAS) for Constrained Polynomial Binary Optimization (CPBO) problems, and in particular, Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) problems, as a special case. GAS can provide a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-08 Austin Gilliam , Stefan Woerner , Constantin Gonciulea

Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) can be used to solve quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problems. However, the size of the solvable problem is limited by the number of qubits. To leverage noisy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-10 Wending Zhao , Gaoxiang Tang

The D-Wave quantum annealing machine can quickly find the optimal solution for quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO). One of the applications where the use of quantum annealing is desired is in problems requiring rapid…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-11 Reo Shikanai , Masayuki Ohzeki , Kazuyuki Tanaka

Quantum annealers provide an effective framework for solving large-scale combinatorial optimization problems. This work presents a novel methodology for training Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) by reformulating the parameter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Ernesto Acosta , Guillermo Botella , Carlos Cano

The evolution of multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) systems requires the efficient detection algorithms to overcome the exponential computational complexity of optimal maximum likelihood detection. Reformulating MIMO detection as a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Seyedkhashayar Hashemi , Elisabetta Valiante , Ignacio Rozada , Moslem Noori

Encoding combinatorial optimization problems into physically meaningful Hamiltonians with tractable energy landscapes forms the foundation of quantum optimization. Numerous works have studied such efficient encodings for the class of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-12 Sebastian Egginger , Kristina Kirova , Sonja Bruckner , Stefan Hillmich , Richard Kueng

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) remains a fundamental challenge in robotics, where classical centralized approaches exhibit exponential growth in joint-state complexity as the number of agents increases. This paper investigates Quadratic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Javier González Villasmil

This article consists of a short introduction to the quantum approximation optimisation algorithm (QAOA). The mathematical structure of the QAOA, as well as its basic properties, are described. The implementation of the QAOA on MaxCut…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-25 Behzad Mansouri

In this paper, we present a brief review and introduction to Quadratic Unconstrained D-ary Optimization (QUDO), Tensor Quadratic Unconstrained D-ary Optimization (T-QUDO) and Higher-Order Unconstrained Binary Optimization (HOBO)…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Alejandro Mata Ali

We address a combinatorial optimization problem to determine the placement of a predefined number of sensors from multiple candidate positions, aiming to maximize information acquisition with the minimum number of sensors. Assuming that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-16 Yuta Nakano , Shigeyasu Uno

One of the consequences of network densification is more frequent handovers (HO). HO failures have a direct impact on the quality of service and are undesirable, especially in scenarios with strict latency, reliability, and robustness…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-26 Eloise de Carvalho Rodrigues , Alvaro Valcarce Rial , Giovanni Geraci

We propose a novel constrained Bayesian Optimization (BO) algorithm optimizing the design process of Laterally-Diffused Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (LDMOS) transistors while realizing a target Breakdown Voltage (BV). We convert the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Ping-Ju Chuang , Ali Saadat , Sara Ghazvini , Hal Edwards , William G. Vandenberghe

The practical limitations and challenges of radio frequency (RF) based communication networks have become increasingly apparent over the past decade, leading researchers to seek new hybrid communication approaches. One promising strategy…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-06-22 Osama Awwad , Ala Al-Fuqaha , Bilal Khan , Ghassen Ben Brahim

Ising solvers offer a promising physics-based approach to tackle the challenging class of combinatorial optimization problems. However, typical solvers operate in a quadratic energy space, having only pair-wise coupling elements which…

Recent works on quantum algorithms for solving semidefinite optimization (SDO) problems have leveraged a quantum-mechanical interpretation of positive semidefinite matrices to develop methods that obtain quantum speedups with respect to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-06 Brandon Augustino , Giacomo Nannicini , Tamás Terlaky , Luis Zuluaga

Ising machines -- special-purpose hardware for heuristically solving Ising optimization problems -- based on probabilistic bits (p-bits) have been established as a promising alternative to heuristic optimization algorithms run on…