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quantum annealing

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Quantum annealing is a heuristic quantum algorithm or computational method designed for finding approximate or exact solutions to optimization problems. This approach navigates complex energy landscapes by adiabatically evolving a quantum system from a simple initial ground state to a final ground state encoding the solution, leveraging quantum mechanical phenomena such as tunneling and superposition. Its significance lies in its application as a potential hardware-implementable strategy for tackling computationally intractable problems, particularly those expressible as quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO).

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University of Southern California

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Tokyo Institute of Technology

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Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

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University of Southern California

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Waseda University

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University of Southern California

Los Angeles, United States

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos, United States