Transfer of knowledge through reverse annealing: a preliminary analysis of the benefits and what to share
Being immersed in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era, current quantum annealers present limitations for solving optimization problems efficiently. To mitigate these limitations, D-Wave Systems developed a mechanism called reverse annealing, a specific type of quantum annealing designed...
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| description | Being immersed in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era, current quantum annealers present limitations for solving optimization problems efficiently. To mitigate these limitations, D-Wave Systems developed a mechanism called reverse annealing, a specific type of quantum annealing designed to perform local refinement of good states found elsewhere. Despite the research activity around reverse annealing, no study has theorized about the possible benefits related to the transfer of knowledge under this paradigm. This work moves in that direction and is driven by experimentation focused on answering two key research questions: i) is reverse annealing a paradigm that can benefit from knowledge transfer between similar problems? and ii) can we infer the characteristics that an input solution should meet to help increase the probability of success? To properly guide the tests in this paper, the well-known knapsack problem has been chosen for benchmarking purposes, using a total of 34 instances composed of 14 and 16 items. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e54c20c5e5e848d1b25d1aae4aaf167d2025-08-20T02:24:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2025-04-011310.3389/fphy.2025.14683481468348Transfer of knowledge through reverse annealing: a preliminary analysis of the benefits and what to shareEneko OsabaEsther Villar-RodriguezBeing immersed in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era, current quantum annealers present limitations for solving optimization problems efficiently. To mitigate these limitations, D-Wave Systems developed a mechanism called reverse annealing, a specific type of quantum annealing designed to perform local refinement of good states found elsewhere. Despite the research activity around reverse annealing, no study has theorized about the possible benefits related to the transfer of knowledge under this paradigm. This work moves in that direction and is driven by experimentation focused on answering two key research questions: i) is reverse annealing a paradigm that can benefit from knowledge transfer between similar problems? and ii) can we infer the characteristics that an input solution should meet to help increase the probability of success? To properly guide the tests in this paper, the well-known knapsack problem has been chosen for benchmarking purposes, using a total of 34 instances composed of 14 and 16 items.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2025.1468348/fullquantum annealingreverse annealingD-wavequantum optimizationtransfer optimization |
| spellingShingle | Eneko Osaba Esther Villar-Rodriguez Transfer of knowledge through reverse annealing: a preliminary analysis of the benefits and what to share Frontiers in Physics quantum annealing reverse annealing D-wave quantum optimization transfer optimization |
| title | Transfer of knowledge through reverse annealing: a preliminary analysis of the benefits and what to share |
| title_full | Transfer of knowledge through reverse annealing: a preliminary analysis of the benefits and what to share |
| title_fullStr | Transfer of knowledge through reverse annealing: a preliminary analysis of the benefits and what to share |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transfer of knowledge through reverse annealing: a preliminary analysis of the benefits and what to share |
| title_short | Transfer of knowledge through reverse annealing: a preliminary analysis of the benefits and what to share |
| title_sort | transfer of knowledge through reverse annealing a preliminary analysis of the benefits and what to share |
| topic | quantum annealing reverse annealing D-wave quantum optimization transfer optimization |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2025.1468348/full |
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