Quantum and Simulated Annealing-Based Iterative Algorithms for QUBO Relaxations of the Sparsest $k$-Subgraph Problem

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Auteurs principaux: Bihani, Omkar, Kužel, Roman, Povh, Janez, Pucher, Dunja
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author Bihani, Omkar
Kužel, Roman
Povh, Janez
Pucher, Dunja
author_facet Bihani, Omkar
Kužel, Roman
Povh, Janez
Pucher, Dunja
contents In this paper, we introduce three QUBO (Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization) relaxations for the sparsest $k$-subgraph (SkS) problem: a quadratic penalty relaxation, a Lagrangian relaxation, and an augmented Lagrangian relaxation. The effectiveness of these approaches strongly depends on the choice of penalty parameters. We establish theoretical results characterizing the parameter values for which the QUBO relaxations are exact. For practical implementation, we propose three iterative algorithms, which have in their kernel the QUBO relaxations, that update the penalty parameters at each iteration while approximately solving the internal QUBO problems with simulated annealing and quantum processing units. Extensive numerical experiments validate our theoretical findings on exact relaxations and demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed iterative algorithms.
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spellingShingle Quantum and Simulated Annealing-Based Iterative Algorithms for QUBO Relaxations of the Sparsest $k$-Subgraph Problem
Bihani, Omkar
Kužel, Roman
Povh, Janez
Pucher, Dunja
Optimization and Control
90C27, 81P68
G.4
In this paper, we introduce three QUBO (Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization) relaxations for the sparsest $k$-subgraph (SkS) problem: a quadratic penalty relaxation, a Lagrangian relaxation, and an augmented Lagrangian relaxation. The effectiveness of these approaches strongly depends on the choice of penalty parameters. We establish theoretical results characterizing the parameter values for which the QUBO relaxations are exact. For practical implementation, we propose three iterative algorithms, which have in their kernel the QUBO relaxations, that update the penalty parameters at each iteration while approximately solving the internal QUBO problems with simulated annealing and quantum processing units. Extensive numerical experiments validate our theoretical findings on exact relaxations and demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed iterative algorithms.
title Quantum and Simulated Annealing-Based Iterative Algorithms for QUBO Relaxations of the Sparsest $k$-Subgraph Problem
topic Optimization and Control
90C27, 81P68
G.4
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08544