An Analysis of Quantum Annealing Algorithms for Solving the Maximum Clique Problem
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| author | Gherardi, Alessandro Leporati, Alberto |
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| contents | Quantum annealers can be used to solve many (possibly NP-hard) combinatorial optimization problems, by formulating them as quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problems or, equivalently, using the Ising formulation. In this paper we analyse the ability of quantum D-Wave annealers to find the maximum clique on a graph, expressed as a QUBO problem. Due to the embedding limit of 164 nodes imposed by the anneler, we conducted a study on graph decomposition to enable instance embedding. We thus propose a decomposition algorithm for the complementary maximum independent set problem, and a graph generation algorithm to control the number of nodes, the number of cliques, the density, the connectivity indices and the ratio of the solution size to the number of other nodes. We then statistically analysed how these variables affect the quality of the solutions found by the quantum annealer. The results of our investigation include recommendations on ratio and density limits not to be exceeded, as well as a series of precautions and a priori analyses to be carried out in order to maximise the probability of obtaining a solution close to the optimum. |
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| spellingShingle | An Analysis of Quantum Annealing Algorithms for Solving the Maximum Clique Problem Gherardi, Alessandro Leporati, Alberto Quantum Physics Emerging Technologies Quantum annealers can be used to solve many (possibly NP-hard) combinatorial optimization problems, by formulating them as quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problems or, equivalently, using the Ising formulation. In this paper we analyse the ability of quantum D-Wave annealers to find the maximum clique on a graph, expressed as a QUBO problem. Due to the embedding limit of 164 nodes imposed by the anneler, we conducted a study on graph decomposition to enable instance embedding. We thus propose a decomposition algorithm for the complementary maximum independent set problem, and a graph generation algorithm to control the number of nodes, the number of cliques, the density, the connectivity indices and the ratio of the solution size to the number of other nodes. We then statistically analysed how these variables affect the quality of the solutions found by the quantum annealer. The results of our investigation include recommendations on ratio and density limits not to be exceeded, as well as a series of precautions and a priori analyses to be carried out in order to maximise the probability of obtaining a solution close to the optimum. |
| title | An Analysis of Quantum Annealing Algorithms for Solving the Maximum Clique Problem |
| topic | Quantum Physics Emerging Technologies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07587 |