Two physicists, from EPFL and Columbia University, have introduced an approach for simulating the quantum approximate optimization algorithm using a traditional computer. Instead of running the ...

In an increasingly interconnected world, where individuals, companies, and international organizations must optimize resources to achieve maximum results, the ability to effectively solve optimization ...

Right now, quantum computers are small and error-prone compared to where they’ll likely be in a few years. Even within those limitations, however, there have been regular claims that the hardware can ...

NP-hardness results indicate that finding exact optima and even sufficiently good approximate optima for worst-case instances of many optimization problems is probably out of reach for polynomial-time ...