ENGLISH

Quantum Annealing and Other Optimization Methods

By Bikas K. Chakrabarti , Arnab Das

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2005
ISBN
3540279873, 9783540279877
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3406484 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 679
Edition
1
Pages
384\384
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Физика;Квантовая физика;Квантовые вычисления и ква

Description

Quantum annealing employs quantum fluctuations in frustrated systems or networks to anneal the system down to its ground state, or more generally to its so-called minimum cost state. Often this procedure turns out to be more effective, in multivariable optimization problems, than its classical counterpart utilizing tunable thermal fluctuations. This volume is divided into three parts. Part I is an extensive tutorial introduction familiarizing the reader with the background material necessary to follow the core of the book. Part II gives a comprehensive account of the fundamentals and applications of the quantum annealing method, and Part III compares quantum annealing with other related optimization methods. This is the first book entirely devoted to quantum annealing and will be both an invaluable primer and guidebook for all advanced students and researchers in this important field.

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