Improving Parameter Training for VQEs by Sequential Hamiltonian Assembly

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Main Authors: Stein, Jonas, Roshani, Navid, Zorn, Maximilian, Altmann, Philipp, Kölle, Michael, Linnhoff-Popien, Claudia
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author Stein, Jonas
Roshani, Navid
Zorn, Maximilian
Altmann, Philipp
Kölle, Michael
Linnhoff-Popien, Claudia
author_facet Stein, Jonas
Roshani, Navid
Zorn, Maximilian
Altmann, Philipp
Kölle, Michael
Linnhoff-Popien, Claudia
contents A central challenge in quantum machine learning is the design and training of parameterized quantum circuits (PQCs). Similar to deep learning, vanishing gradients pose immense problems in the trainability of PQCs, which have been shown to arise from a multitude of sources. One such cause are non-local loss functions, that demand the measurement of a large subset of involved qubits. To facilitate the parameter training for quantum applications using global loss functions, we propose a Sequential Hamiltonian Assembly, which iteratively approximates the loss function using local components. Aiming for a prove of principle, we evaluate our approach using Graph Coloring problem with a Varational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE). Simulation results show, that our approach outperforms conventional parameter training by 29.99% and the empirical state of the art, Layerwise Learning, by 5.12% in the mean accuracy. This paves the way towards locality-aware learning techniques, allowing to evade vanishing gradients for a large class of practically relevant problems.
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spellingShingle Improving Parameter Training for VQEs by Sequential Hamiltonian Assembly
Stein, Jonas
Roshani, Navid
Zorn, Maximilian
Altmann, Philipp
Kölle, Michael
Linnhoff-Popien, Claudia
Quantum Physics
Machine Learning
A central challenge in quantum machine learning is the design and training of parameterized quantum circuits (PQCs). Similar to deep learning, vanishing gradients pose immense problems in the trainability of PQCs, which have been shown to arise from a multitude of sources. One such cause are non-local loss functions, that demand the measurement of a large subset of involved qubits. To facilitate the parameter training for quantum applications using global loss functions, we propose a Sequential Hamiltonian Assembly, which iteratively approximates the loss function using local components. Aiming for a prove of principle, we evaluate our approach using Graph Coloring problem with a Varational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE). Simulation results show, that our approach outperforms conventional parameter training by 29.99% and the empirical state of the art, Layerwise Learning, by 5.12% in the mean accuracy. This paves the way towards locality-aware learning techniques, allowing to evade vanishing gradients for a large class of practically relevant problems.
title Improving Parameter Training for VQEs by Sequential Hamiltonian Assembly
topic Quantum Physics
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.05552