Fair Benchmarking of Optimisation Applications

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Autore principale: Phillipson, Frank
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contents Quantum optimisation is emerging as a promising approach alongside classical heuristics and specialised hardware, yet its performance is often difficult to assess fairly. Traditional benchmarking methods, rooted in digital complexity theory, do not directly capture the continuous dynamics, probabilistic outcomes, and workflow overheads of quantum and hybrid systems. This paper proposes principles and protocols for fair benchmarking of quantum optimisation, emphasising end-to-end workflows, transparency in tuning and reporting, problem diversity, and avoidance of speculative claims. By extending lessons from classical benchmarking and incorporating application-driven and energy-aware metrics, we outline a framework that enables practitioners to evaluate quantum methods responsibly, ensuring reproducibility, comparability, and trust in reported results.
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Phillipson, Frank
Quantum Physics
Quantum optimisation is emerging as a promising approach alongside classical heuristics and specialised hardware, yet its performance is often difficult to assess fairly. Traditional benchmarking methods, rooted in digital complexity theory, do not directly capture the continuous dynamics, probabilistic outcomes, and workflow overheads of quantum and hybrid systems. This paper proposes principles and protocols for fair benchmarking of quantum optimisation, emphasising end-to-end workflows, transparency in tuning and reporting, problem diversity, and avoidance of speculative claims. By extending lessons from classical benchmarking and incorporating application-driven and energy-aware metrics, we outline a framework that enables practitioners to evaluate quantum methods responsibly, ensuring reproducibility, comparability, and trust in reported results.
title Fair Benchmarking of Optimisation Applications
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07915