Variational quantum algorithm for unconstrained black box binary optimization: Application to feature selection

We introduce a variational quantum algorithm to solve unconstrained black box binary optimization problems, i.e., problems in which the objective function is given as black box. This is in contrast to the typical setting of quantum algorithms for optimization where a classical objective function is...

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Main Authors: Christa Zoufal, Ryan V. Mishmash, Nitin Sharma, Niraj Kumar, Aashish Sheshadri, Amol Deshmukh, Noelle Ibrahim, Julien Gacon, Stefan Woerner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Verein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften 2023-01-01
Series:Quantum
Online Access:https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2023-01-26-909/pdf/