3 papers
quant-ph2026
Stochastic Neural Networks for Quantum Devices
Bodo Rosenhahn, Tobias J. Osborne, Christoph Hirche
This work presents a formulation to express and optimize stochastic neural networks as quantum circuits in gate-based quantum computing. Motivated by a classical perceptron, stocha…
quant-ph2025
A quantum search method for quadratic and multidimensional knapsack problems
Sören Wilkening, Andreea-Iulia Lefterovici, Lennart Binkowski +5
Solving combinatorial optimization problems is a promising application area for quantum algorithms in real-world scenarios. In this work, we extend the "Quantum Tree Generator" (QT…
quant-ph2025
From barren plateaus through fertile valleys: Conic extensions of parameterised quantum circuits
Lennart Binkowski, Gereon KoÃmann, Tobias J. Osborne +2
Optimisation via parameterised quantum circuits is the prevalent technique of near-term quantum algorithms. However, the omnipresent phenomenon of barren plateaus - parameter regio…