Reference · 2019

From the quantum approximate optimization algorithm to a quantum alternating operator ansatz

Hadfield, S., Wang, Z., O'Gorman, B., Rieffel, E. G., Venturelli, D., & Biswas, R. (2019). From the quantum approximate optimization algorithm to a quantum alternating operator ansatz. Algorithms, 12(2), 34.

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Authors: Stuart Hadfield; Zhihui Wang; Bryan O'Gorman; Eleanor G. Rieffel; Davide Venturelli; Rupak Biswas
Venue: Algorithms 12(2), 34

Extends QAOA from Hamiltonian cost and mixer layers to more general alternating unitaries, with constrained problems as the motivation. Cited on QAOA as a design framework. It does not improve on the 0.6924 worst-case ratio.

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