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We propose a new algorithm for inferring the state of hidden spins and reconstructing the connections in a synchronous kinetic Ising model, given the observed history. Focusing on the case in which the hidden spins are conditionally…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-06-11 Claudia Battistin , John Hertz , Joanna Tyrcha , Yasser Roudi

This article critically investigates the limitations of the simulated annealing algorithm using probabilistic bits (pSA) in solving large-scale combinatorial optimization problems. The study begins with an in-depth analysis of the pSA…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Naoya Onizawa , Takahiro Hanyu

Combinatorial problems such as combinatorial optimization and constraint satisfaction problems arise in decision-making across various fields of science and technology. In real-world applications, when multiple optimal or…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Yuta Mizuno , Mohammad Ali , Tamiki Komatsuzaki

Recent technological breakthroughs have precipitated the availability of specialized devices that promise to solve NP-Hard problems faster than standard computers. These `Ising Machines' are however analog in nature and as such inevitably…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-18 Tameem Albash , Victor Martin-Mayor , Itay Hen

The Maximum Cut (Max-Cut) problem could be naturally expressed either in a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) formulation, or as an Ising model. It has long been known that the Maximum Independent Set (MIS) problem could…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-19 Chuixiong Wu , Jianan Wang , Fen Zuo

Ising machines show promise as ultrafast hardware for optimizations encoded in Ising Hamiltonians but fall short in terms of success rate and performance scaling. Here, we propose a novel Ising machine that exploits the three-dimensional…

Many real-time systems require the optimization of discrete variables. Black-box optimization (BBO) algorithms and multi-armed bandit (MAB) algorithms perform optimization by repeatedly taking actions and observing the corresponding instant…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-23 Tomoya Kashimata , Yohei Hamakawa , Masaya Yamasaki , Kosuke Tatsumura

Combinatorial optimization problems can be mapped onto Ising models, and their ground state is generally difficult to find. A lot of heuristics for these problems have been proposed, and one promising approach is to use continuous…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-11-03 Shintaro Sato

Computationally hard problems, including combinatorial optimization, can be mapped into the problem of finding the ground-state of an Ising Hamiltonian. Building physical systems with collective computational ability and distributed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-02 Sourav Dutta , Abhishek Khanna , Adou S. Assoa , Hanjong Paik , Darrell Schlom , Zoltan Toroczkai , Arijit Raychowdhury , Suman Datta

A new parallel algorithm for simulating Ising spin systems is presented. The sequential prototype is the n-fold way algorithm cite{BKL75}, which is efficient but is hard to parallelize using conservative methods. Our parallel algorithm is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Boris Lubachevsky , Alan Weiss

Probabilistic Bit (P-Bit) device serves as the core hardware for implementing Ising computation. However, the severe intrinsic variations of stochastic P-Bit devices hinder the large-scale expansion of the P-Bit array, significantly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-23 Bolin Zhang , Yu Liu , Tianqi Gao , Jialiang Yin , Zhenyu Guan , Deming Zhang , Lang Zeng

Probabilistic computing using probabilistic bits (p-bits) presents an efficient alternative to traditional CMOS logic for complex problem-solving, including simulated annealing and machine learning. Realizing p-bits with emerging devices…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Naoya Onizawa , Takahiro Hanyu

Ising machines are physical platforms designed to minimize the energy of classical Ising Hamiltonians, yet accessing specific excited states remains an open challenge of both fundamental and practical relevance. In this letter we show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Jacopo Tosca , Cristiano Ciuti , Claudio Conti , Marcello Calvanese Strinati

A linear-time algorithm is presented for the construction of the Gibbs distribution of configurations in the Ising model, on a quantum computer. The algorithm is designed so that each run provides one configuration with a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Daniel A. Lidar , Ofer Biham

The ever increasing demand for computational power combined with the predicted plateau for the miniaturization of existing silicon-based technologies has made the search for low power alternatives an industrial and scientifically engaging…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-21 Victor H. González , Artem Litvinenko , Akash Kumar , Roman Khymyn , Johan Åkerman

This paper introduces a novel formulation of the clustering problem, namely the Minimum Sum-of-Squares Clustering of Infinitely Tall Data (MSSC-ITD), and presents HPClust, an innovative set of hybrid parallel approaches for its effective…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-06-26 Ravil Mussabayev , Rustam Mussabayev

The recent emergence of novel computational devices, such as adiabatic quantum computers, CMOS annealers, and optical parametric oscillators, present new opportunities for hybrid-optimization algorithms that are hardware accelerated by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-20 Carleton Coffrin , Harsha Nagarajan , Russell Bent

The advent of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) in wireless communication networks unlocks the way to support high frequency radio access (e.g. in millimeter wave) while overcoming their sensitivity to the presence of deep fading…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Fatima Ezzahra Airod , Mattia Merluzzi , Paolo Di Lorenzo , Emilio Calvanese Strinati

In this work, we present a heretofore unseen application of Ising machines to perform trust region-based optimisation with box constraints. This is done by considering a specific form of opto-electronic oscillator-based coherent Ising…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Sayantan Pramanik , Kaumudibikash Goswami , Sourav Chatterjee , M Girish Chandra

We study large networks of parametric oscillators as heuristic solvers of random Ising models. In these networks, known as coherent Ising machines, the model to be solved is encoded in the coupling between the oscillators, and a solution is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-04-12 Marcello Calvanese Strinati , Leon Bello , Emanuele G. Dalla Torre , Avi Pe'er