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48 results for Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA)

RL optimizes quantum circuit parameters for combinatorial problems.

problem Optimizing quantum circuit parameters for combinatorial problems.
method Reinforcement Learning (RL) to train a policy network.
result RL policy reduces optimality gap by up to 8.61.

Paper proposes machine learning to optimize QAOA for combinatorial problems.

problem Optimizing QAOA parameters for solving combinatorial optimization problems.
method Develops two machine learning approaches: RL and KDE to learn optimal QAOA parameters.
result Reduces optimality gap by up to 30.15 compared to other optimizers.

Hybrid QAOA approach optimizes portfolios with strict constraints, outperforming classical methods.

problem Combinatorial optimization under strict cardinality constraints in portfolio management.
method Constraint-preserving QAOA with XY-mixers and Trotterized initialization.
result QAOA achieves a Sharpe Ratio of 1.81, significantly outperforming classical methods.

QAOA matches classical tensor power iteration in spiked tensor model recovery.

problem Statistical estimation in spiked tensor model with computational gap.
method Analysis of QAOA performance on spiked tensor model.
result QAOA weak recovery threshold matches tensor power iteration.

This tutorial introduces quantum computing for financial portfolio optimization.

problem Combinatorial portfolio optimization in financial markets.
method Application of Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) to portfolio optimization.
result Quality of combinatorial portfolio optimization solutions using QAOA on quantum simulator.

Quantum algorithm improves portfolio optimization quality measured by Wasserstein distance.

problem Optimizing financial asset portfolios using quantum computing.
method Used Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) and Normalized and Complementary Wasserstein Distance (ηη) to benchmark solution quality.
result Solution quality increases with QAOA circuit depth pp and is influenced by the portfolio budget BB.

Hybrid quantum algorithm tackles binary optimization problems with multiple constraints.

problem Efficiently solving binary optimization problems with multiple constraints using quantum algorithms.
method Combines QAOA with penalty dephasing and Zeno effect for non-Ising constraints.
result Significant improvement in solving practical aircraft loading problems.

Hybrid classical-quantum framework optimizes portfolio rebalancing with reduced transaction costs.

problem Optimizing portfolio rebalancing with reduced transaction costs and lookahead bias.
method Combining Ledoit-Wolf shrinkage covariance estimation, hierarchical correlation clustering, entropy-regularised Genetic Algorithm, minimum-variance and equal-weight benchmarks, QUBO formulation, and QAOA for solving the combinatorial optimisation problem.
result GA + QAOA strategy outperforms classical methods with reduced rebalances and transaction costs.

Quantum algorithms for CVaR portfolio optimization face trade-offs between hardware coherence and expressibility.

problem Quantum algorithmic resilience for CVaR portfolio optimization
method WS-QAOA vs. HE-VQNN
result WS-QAOA provides exact theoretical mapping but suffers from hardware decoherence, while HE-VQNN preserves hardware coherence but lacks expressibility.

Proposes PO-QA framework to optimize portfolios using quantum algorithms.

problem Optimizing investment portfolios with reduced risk and increased gains.
method Develops a scalable quantum framework (PO-QA) to investigate quantum algorithm parameters.
result Identifies efficient quantum circuit configurations for portfolio optimization.

Hybrid LLM and quantum optimization improve CSA collateral management by 9-10%.

problem Finance-native collateral optimization under ISDA CSAs with legal constraints.
method Hybrid pipeline combining LLM, quantum-inspired exploration, and CP-SAT.
result Improves a strong classical baseline by 9.1-10.7% across different scenarios.

Quantum computing aids in optimizing currency reserves for central banks.

problem Optimizing currency composition in foreign exchange reserves.
method Comparison of quantum and classical algorithms for portfolio optimization.
result Quantum algorithms outperform classical methods in currency optimization.

Develops quantum circuits for faster learning with symmetry considerations.

problem Speeding up learning quantum states with symmetry considerations.
method Utilizes Okounkov-Vershik approach and Young-Jucys-Murphy elements to develop SnS_n-equivariant convolutional quantum circuits.
result Proves SnS_n-CQA generates any unitary in any given SnS_n irrep sector, universal for SU(dd) symmetry.

A quantum framework optimizes collateral allocation for derivatives.

problem Legal constraints and operational rules in collateral allocation for derivatives.
method Certified higher-order quantum framework that normalizes margin requirements and builds a bounded neighborhood of actions.
result Quantum framework improves certified sample quality compared to classical methods.

Adversarial learning is one of the most successful approaches to modelling high-dimensional probability distributions from data. The quantum computing community has recently begun to generalize this idea and to look for potential applications. In this work, we derive an adversarial algorithm for the problem of approxim…

2018-06-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum computers can optimize foreign exchange reserves management.

problem Optimizing foreign exchange reserves management using quantum computing.
method Demonstrated through quantum Monte Carlo risk measurement and quantum algorithms for portfolio optimization.
result Quantum computers can theoretically optimize FX reserves management in the future.

A quantum generalization of Natural Gradient Descent is presented as part of a general-purpose optimization framework for variational quantum circuits. The optimization dynamics is interpreted as moving in the steepest descent direction with respect to the Quantum Information Geometry, corresponding to the real part of…

2019-09-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum computing offers a quadratic speedup for estimating non-linear functionals.

problem Estimating non-linear functionals of probability distributions.
method Proposes a quantum-inside-quantum Monte Carlo algorithm for a broad class of non-linear estimation problems.
result Achieves a quadratic speedup for non-linear estimation problems, including nested conditional expectations and stochastic optimization.

Proposes a quantum-inspired algorithm for selecting representative data subsets.

problem Selecting the most representative subset of data from a larger dataset.
method Uses a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) problem approach.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the selector algorithm in finance applications.

Quantum machine learning models can approximate any continuous function.

problem Theoretical understanding of quantum feature maps in machine learning.
method Proving universal approximation property of quantum machine learning models in quantum-enhanced feature spaces.
result Quantum machine learning models are universal approximators of continuous functions.

New algorithms learn MDPs with better regret bounds using generative sampling.

problem Learning MDPs with optimal policies under uncertainty.
method Hybrid exploration-generative RL model, classical and quantum algorithms.
result Quantum algorithms achieve polylogT\operatorname{poly}\log{T} regret for infinite-horizon MDPs.

Quantum computers can speed up machine learning optimization problems.

problem Long computation times and high resource requirements for classical optimization algorithms in machine learning.
method Developed a mathematical model to leverage quantum parallelism for machine learning.
result Quantum machine learning applied to a 3D time-varying image demonstrated significant speedup.

We introduce two quantum algorithms for solving structured prediction problems. We first show that a stochastic gradient descent that uses the quantum minimum finding algorithm and takes its probabilistic failure into account solves the structured prediction problem with a runtime that scales with the square root of th…

2018-09-11abs ↗pdf ↗

New method uses kernel methods to approximate ground states of quantum Hamiltonians efficiently.

problem Approximating ground states of quantum Hamiltonians using neural networks is computationally expensive.
method Introduces a statistical learning approach using kernel methods to make optimization trivial.
result Ground state properties of arbitrary gapped quantum Hamiltonians can be reached with polynomial resources.

Quantum computing promises faster insurance contract valuation.

problem Computational intensity of insurance contract valuation.
method Investigation of quantum computing's applicability for insurance contracts using Amplitude Estimation.
result Quantum computing can significantly speed up insurance contract valuation.

Bayesian approach optimizes quantum circuits for noisy hardware.

problem Optimizing parameterized quantum circuits on noisy quantum hardware.
method Reformulate classical optimisation as Bayesian posterior, combining cost function and prior distribution. Apply dimension reduction and posterior sampling strategies.
result Bayesian approach generates faster, less noisy circuits than classical methods.

Simulating the time-evolution of quantum mechanical systems is BQP-hard and expected to be one of the foremost applications of quantum computers. We consider classical algorithms for the approximation of Hamiltonian dynamics using subsampling methods from randomized numerical linear algebra. We derive a simulation tech…

2018-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Pipeline decomposes portfolio optimization problems into smaller, solvable subproblems.

problem Large-scale portfolio optimization with constraints.
method Decomposition pipeline with preprocessing, clustering, and risk rebalancing.
result Pipeline reduces problem size by 80% and computation time.

Quantum machine learning uses superposition to create a large ensemble of classifiers.

problem Improving machine learning efficiency on quantum computers.
method Using superposition to create an exponentially large ensemble of classifiers, trained with an optimization-free learning algorithm.
result Adding an optimization step improves the performance of quantum ensembles of classifiers.

Quantum algorithm finds extrema in discrete optimisation problems.

problem Finding extrema in discrete optimisation functions.
method Quantum unstructured search algorithm (QSERA) to map and find extrema.
result Quadratic speed-up over classical algorithms for discrete optimisation.

New machine learning method detects quantum separability in large-scale systems.

problem Deciding quantum separability of large-scale bipartite density matrices.
method Frank-Wolfe-based algorithm for finding nearest separable density matrices and classification of density matrices as separable or entangled.
result The method scales up to thousands of density matrices and achieves high quantum entanglement detection accuracy.

New methods optimize training VQAs without barren plateaus, improving efficiency and applicability.

problem Barren plateaus in training variational quantum algorithms.
method Derive adaptive learning rates and use Gaussian kernels to optimize movement in parameter space.
result Optimized training methods outperform other routines and can train VQAs free of barren plateaus.