Learning to optimize variational quantum circuits to solve combinatorial problems

S Khairy, R Shaydulin, L Cincio, Y Alexeev… - Proceedings of the AAAI …, 2020 - aaai.org
Quantum computing is a computational paradigm with the potential to outperform classical
methods for a variety of problems. Proposed recently, the Quantum Approximate …

Multistart methods for quantum approximate optimization

R Shaydulin, I Safro, J Larson - 2019 IEEE high performance …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms such as the quantum approximate optimization
algorithm (QAOA) are considered one of the most promising approaches for leveraging near …

Network community detection on small quantum computers

R Shaydulin, H Ushijima‐Mwesigwa… - Advanced Quantum …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, a number of quantum computing devices with small numbers of qubits have
become available. A hybrid quantum local search (QLS) approach that combines a classical …

Reinforcement-learning-based variational quantum circuits optimization for combinatorial problems

S Khairy, R Shaydulin, L Cincio, Y Alexeev… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
Quantum computing exploits basic quantum phenomena such as state superposition and
entanglement to perform computations. The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm …

Quantum Optimization Algorithms in Operations Research: Methods, Applications, and Implications

F Klug - arxiv preprint arxiv:2312.13636, 2023 - arxiv.org
Quantum optimization algorithms (QOAs) have the potential to fundamentally transform the
application of optimization methods in decision making. For certain classes of optimization …