A review on quantum approximate optimization algorithm and its variants

K Blekos, D Brand, A Ceschini, CH Chou, RH Li… - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is a highly promising
variational quantum algorithm that aims to solve combinatorial optimization problems that …

Warm-starting and quantum computing: A systematic mapping study

F Truger, J Barzen, M Bechtold, M Beisel… - ACM Computing …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Due to low numbers of qubits and their error-proneness, Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum
(NISQ) computers impose constraints on the size of quantum algorithms they can …

Architectural vision for quantum computing in the edge-cloud continuum

A Furutanpey, J Barzen, M Bechtold… - 2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum processing units (QPUs) are currently exclusively available from cloud vendors.
However, with recent advancements, hosting QPUs will soon be possible everywhere …

Challenges of quantum software engineering for the next decade: The road ahead

JM Murillo, J Garcia-Alonso, E Moguel, J Barzen… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
As quantum computers evolve, so does the complexity of the software that they can run. To
make this software efficient, maintainable, reusable, and cost-effective, quality attributes that …

[HTML][HTML] A reference architecture for quantum computing as a service

A Ahmad, AB Altamimi, J Aqib - Journal of King Saud University-Computer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Quantum computers (QCs) aim to disrupt the status-quo of computing–replacing traditional
systems and platforms that are driven by digital circuits and modular software–with hardware …

[PDF][PDF] Patterns for Quantum Software Development

F Bühler, J Barzen, M Beisel, D Georg… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - iaas.uni-stuttgart.de
Quantum algorithms have the potential to outperform classical algorithms for certain
problems. However, implementing quantum algorithms in a reusable manner and …

[PDF][PDF] Patterns for quantum error handling

M Beisel, J Barzen, F Leymann, F Truger… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - iaas.uni-stuttgart.de
The capabilities of current quantum computers are limited by their high error rates. Thus,
reducing the impact of these errors is one of the crucial challenges for the successful …

Selection and optimization of hyperparameters in warm-started quantum optimization for the MaxCut problem

F Truger, M Beisel, J Barzen, F Leymann, V Yussupov - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Today's quantum computers are limited in their capabilities, eg, the size of executable
quantum circuits. The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) addresses …

[PDF][PDF] Execution Patterns for Quantum Applications.

D Georg, J Barzen, M Beisel, F Leymann, J Obst… - ICSOFT, 2023 - iaas.uni-stuttgart.de
Continuously evolving quantum service offerings vary in development and deployment
requirements they impose on quantum application developers. Further, since quantum …

Solving hard variants of database schema matching on quantum computers

K Fritsch, S Scherzinger - Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 2023 - dl.acm.org
With quantum computers now available as cloud services, there is a global quest for
applications where a quantum advantage can be shown. Naturally, data management is a …