Resource-Efficient Quantum Optimization via Higher-Order Encoding

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Autores principales: Koch, Frederik, Panahiyan, Shahram, Mukherjee, Rick, Doetsch, Joseph, Jaksch, Dieter
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Publicado: 2025
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author Koch, Frederik
Panahiyan, Shahram
Mukherjee, Rick
Doetsch, Joseph
Jaksch, Dieter
author_facet Koch, Frederik
Panahiyan, Shahram
Mukherjee, Rick
Doetsch, Joseph
Jaksch, Dieter
contents Quantum approaches to combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) are often limited by the resource demands of Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) encodings, which enlarge circuits through penalty terms and increase qubit and gate counts. We show that Higher-Order Unconstrained Binary Optimization (HUBO) enables a more resource-efficient formulation. Our method systematically constructs HUBO Hamiltonians and, compared to QUBO in benchmarks on Gate Assignment (GAP), Maximum k-Colorable Subgraph (MkCS), and Integer Programming (IP) problems, exponentially reduces qubit requirements and decreases CNOT gate counts by at least 89.6% after compilation to single- and two-qubit gates for all tested instances. These results highlight HUBO as a practical alternative for current and near-term devices. To promote adoption, we release an open-source Python library that automates HUBO model construction, broadening access to resource-efficient quantum optimization.
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spellingShingle Resource-Efficient Quantum Optimization via Higher-Order Encoding
Koch, Frederik
Panahiyan, Shahram
Mukherjee, Rick
Doetsch, Joseph
Jaksch, Dieter
Quantum Physics
Quantum approaches to combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) are often limited by the resource demands of Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) encodings, which enlarge circuits through penalty terms and increase qubit and gate counts. We show that Higher-Order Unconstrained Binary Optimization (HUBO) enables a more resource-efficient formulation. Our method systematically constructs HUBO Hamiltonians and, compared to QUBO in benchmarks on Gate Assignment (GAP), Maximum k-Colorable Subgraph (MkCS), and Integer Programming (IP) problems, exponentially reduces qubit requirements and decreases CNOT gate counts by at least 89.6% after compilation to single- and two-qubit gates for all tested instances. These results highlight HUBO as a practical alternative for current and near-term devices. To promote adoption, we release an open-source Python library that automates HUBO model construction, broadening access to resource-efficient quantum optimization.
title Resource-Efficient Quantum Optimization via Higher-Order Encoding
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.17545