Quantum computing for finance: State-of-the-art and future prospects

DJ Egger, C Gambella, J Marecek… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article outlines our point of view regarding the applicability, state-of-the-art, and
potential of quantum computing for problems in finance. We provide an introduction to …

A survey of quantum computing for finance

D Herman, C Googin, X Liu, A Galda, I Safro… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Quantum computers are expected to surpass the computational capabilities of classical
computers during this decade and have transformative impact on numerous industry sectors …

Obstacles to variational quantum optimization from symmetry protection

S Bravyi, A Kliesch, R Koenig, E Tang - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
The quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) employs variational states
generated by a parameterized quantum circuit to maximize the expected value of a …

[HTML][HTML] Warm-starting quantum optimization

DJ Egger, J Mareček, S Woerner - Quantum, 2021 - quantum-journal.org
There is an increasing interest in quantum algorithms for problems of integer programming
and combinatorial optimization. Classical solvers for such problems employ relaxations …

Multi-angle quantum approximate optimization algorithm

R Herrman, PC Lotshaw, J Ostrowski, TS Humble… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) generates an approximate
solution to combinatorial optimization problems using a variational ansatz circuit defined by …

Parameter transfer for quantum approximate optimization of weighted MaxCut

R Shaydulin, PC Lotshaw, J Larson… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Finding high-quality parameters is a central obstacle to using the quantum approximate
optimization algorithm (QAOA). Previous work partially addresses this issue for QAOA on …

Parameter setting in quantum approximate optimization of weighted problems

SH Sureshbabu, D Herman, R Shaydulin, J Basso… - Quantum, 2024 - quantum-journal.org
Abstract Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is a leading candidate
algorithm for solving combinatorial optimization problems on quantum computers. However …

Best practices for portfolio optimization by quantum computing, experimented on real quantum devices

G Buonaiuto, F Gargiulo, G De Pietro, M Esposito… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In finance, portfolio optimization aims at finding optimal investments maximizing a trade-off
between return and risks, given some constraints. Classical formulations of this quadratic …

Quantum computing for smart grid applications

MH Ullah, R Eskandarpour, H Zheng… - IET Generation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Computational complexities in modern power systems are reportedly increasing daily, and it
is anticipated that traditional computers might be inadequate to provide the computation …

Applying the quantum approximate optimization algorithm to the tail-assignment problem

P Vikstål, M Grönkvist, M Svensson, M Andersson… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Airlines today are faced with a number of large-scale scheduling problems. One such
problem is the tail-assignment problem, which is the task of assigning individual aircraft to a …