Solving QUBOs with a quantum-amenable branch and bound method

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العنوان: Solving QUBOs with a quantum-amenable branch and bound method
المؤلفون: Häner, Thomas, Booth, Kyle E. C., Borujeni, Sima E., Zhu, Elton Yechao
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Mathematics
Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Mathematics - Optimization and Control, Quantum Physics
الوصف: Due to the expected disparity in quantum vs. classical clock speeds, quantum advantage for branch and bound algorithms is more likely achievable in settings involving large search trees and low operator evaluation costs. Therefore, in this paper, we describe and experimentally validate an exact classical branch and bound solver for quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problems that matches these criteria. Our solver leverages cheap-to-implement bounds from the literature previously proposed for Ising models, including that of Hartwig, Daske, and Kobe from 1984. We detail a variety of techniques from high-performance computing and operations research used to boost solver performance, including a global variable reordering heuristic, a primal heuristic based on simulated annealing, and a truncated computation of the recursive bound. We also outline a number of simple and inexpensive bound extrapolation techniques. Finally, we conduct an extensive empirical analysis of our solver, comparing its performance to state-of-the-art QUBO and MaxCut solvers, and discuss the challenges of a speedup via quantum branch and bound beyond those faced by any quadratic quantum speedup.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.20185
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2407.20185
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv