3 papers
quant-ph2026
Comparing Qubit and Qudit Encodings for EV Charging and Trip Assignment Problems
Linus Ekstrøm, Hao Wang, Sebastian Schmitt
Variational quantum algorithms have attracted attention for their potential to solve combinatorial optimization problems. We study how the choice of encoding affects the resource r…
quant-ph2026
Experimental demonstration of the absence of noise-induced barren plateaus using information content landscape analysis
Sebastian Schmitt, Linus Ekstrøm, Alberto Bottarelli +1
Variational quantum algorithms are promising candidates for near-term quantum computing but can be hindered by barren plateaus, where gradients vanish exponentially and optimizatio…
quant-ph2026
Improving Quantum Multi-Objective Optimization with Archiving and Substitution
Linus Ekstrøm, Takafumi Hosogi, Xavier Bonet-Monroig +3
Finding optimal solutions of conflicting objectives is a daily matter in many industrial applications, with multi-objective optimization trying to find the best solutions to them.…