Classical Simulated Annealing Using Quantum Analogues
Quantum Physics
2021-04-30 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Optimization and Control
Abstract
In this paper we consider the use of certain classical analogues to quantum tunneling behavior to improve the performance of simulated annealing on a discrete spin system of the general Ising form. Specifically, we consider the use of multiple simultaneous spin flips at each annealing step as an analogue to quantum spin coherence as well as modifications of the Boltzmann acceptance probability to mimic quantum tunneling. We find that the use of multiple spin flips can indeed be advantageous under certain annealing schedules, but only for long anneal times.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2104.14502,
title = {Classical Simulated Annealing Using Quantum Analogues},
author = {Brian R. La Cour and James E. Troupe and Hans M. Mark},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.14502},
year = {2021}
}
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13 pages, 9 figures