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Quantum annealing (QA) has attracted research interest as a sampler and combinatorial optimization problem (COP) solver. A recently proposed sampling-based solver for QA significantly reduces the required number of qubits, being capable of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-31 Ryo Hagiwara , Shunta Arai , Satoshi Takabe

In this paper, we explore the potential for quantum annealing to solve realistic routing problems. We focus on two NP-Hard problems, including the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows and the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-04-01 James B. Holliday , Darren Blount , Eneko Osaba , Khoa Luu

Quantum annealing aims at solving hard computational problems through adiabatic state preparation. Here, I propose to use inhomogeneous longitudinal magnetic fields to enhance the efficiency of the annealing. Such fields are able to bias…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-23 Tobias Graß

Quantum computing provides a powerful framework for tackling computational problems that are classically intractable. The goal of this paper is to explore the use of quantum computers for solving relevant problems in systems and control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Jan Schneider , Julian Berberich

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

Quantum annealing is a promising method for solving combinational optimization problems and performing quantum chemical calculations. The main sources of errors in quantum annealing are the effects of decoherence and non-adiabatic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Takashi Imoto , Yuya Seki , Yuichiro Matsuzaki and , Shiro Kawabata

Quantum annealing may provide advantages over simulated annealing on solving some problems such as Kth order binary optimization problem. No feasible architecture exists to implement the high-order optimization problem (K > 2) on current…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-13 Yong-Chao Tang , Guo-Xing Miao

The complexity of large-scale 6G-and-beyond networks demands innovative approaches for multi-objective optimization over vast search spaces, a task often intractable. Quantum computing (QC) emerges as a promising technology for efficient…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Sebastian Macaluso , Giovanni Geraci , Elías F. Combarro , Sergi Abadal , Ioannis Arapakis , Sofia Vallecorsa , Eduard Alarcón

Combinatorial optimization is anticipated to be one of the primary use cases for quantum computation in the coming years. The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) and Quantum Annealing (QA) can potentially demonstrate…

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

Agile networks with fast adaptation and reconfiguration capabilities are required for on-demand provisioning of various network services. We propose a new methodical framework for short-time network optimization based on quantum computing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-03 Arthur Witt , Christopher Körber , Andreas Kirstädter , Thomas Luu

The work explores the integration of quantum computing into logistics and supply chain management, emphasising its potential for use in complex optimisation problems. The discussion introduces quantum computing principles, focusing on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 Frank Phillipson

We introduce quantum fluctuations into the simulated annealing process of optimization problems, aiming at faster convergence to the optimal state. The idea is tested by the two models, the transverse Ising model and the traveling salesman…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tadashi Kadowaki

The growing integration of urban air mobility (UAM) for urban transportation and delivery has accelerated due to increasing traffic congestion and its environmental and economic repercussions. Efficiently managing the anticipated…

Quantum annealing was originally proposed as an approach for solving combinatorial optimisation problems using quantum effects. D-Wave Systems has released a production model of quantum annealing hardware. However, the inherent noise and…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-03-16 Takehito Sato , Masayuki Ohzeki , Kazuyuki Tanaka

Quantum annealing leverages the properties of interacting quantum spin systems to solve computational problems, typically optimisation problems. Current hardware now has capabilities that can be used to solve condensed matter physics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 Viv Kendon , Nicholas Chancellor

The use of quantum annealers in black-box optimization to obtain the desired properties of a product with a small number of trials has attracted attention. However, the application of this technique to engineering design problems is still…

Database systems encompass several performance-critical optimization tasks, such as join ordering and index tuning. As data volumes grow and workloads become more complex, these problems have become exponentially harder to solve…

Databases · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Hanwen Liu , Ibrahim Sabek

Learning and planning in partially-observable domains is one of the most difficult problems in reinforcement learning. Traditional methods consider these two problems as independent, resulting in a classical two-stage paradigm: first learn…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-11-25 Tianyu Li , Bogdan Mazoure , Doina Precup , Guillaume Rabusseau

In this work, we develop a new quantum algorithm to solve a combinatorial problem with significant practical relevance occurring in clutch manufacturing. It is demonstrated how quantum optimization can play a role in real industrial…