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Finding Maximum Cliques on the D-Wave Quantum Annealer

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Chapuis, Guillaume, Djidjev, Hristo, Hahn, Georg, Rizk, Guillaume·2019·Journal of Signal Processing Systems

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This paper assesses the performance of the D-Wave 2X (DW) quantum annealer for finding a maximum clique in a graph, one of the most fundamental and important NP-hard problems. Because the size of the largest graphs DW can directly solve is quite small (usually around 45 vertices), we also consider decomposition algorithms intended for larger graphs and analyze their performance. For smaller graphs that fit DW, we provide formulations of the maximum clique problem as a quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problem, which is one of the two input types (together with the Ising model) acceptable by the machine, and compare several quantum implementations to current classical algorithms such as simulated annealing, Gurobi, and third-party clique finding heuristics. We further estimate the contributions of the quantum phase of the quantum annealer and the classical post-processing phase typically used to enhance each solution returned by DW. We demonstrate that on random graphs that fit DW, no quantum speedup can be observed compared with the classical algorithms. On the other hand, for instances specifically designed to fit well the DW qubit interconnection network, we observe substantial speed-ups in computing time over classical approaches.

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  • A comparison between various decomposition techniques has demonstrated the superiority of qbsolv in terms of solution quality.

    “Acomparison between various decomposition techniques, i.e., principal component decomposition [185], free-and-anneal [163], qbSolv, and iterative centrality halo [172] has demonstrated the superiority of qbsolv in terms of solution quality [12].”

    From Quantum Combinatorial Optimization in the NISQ Era: A Systematic Mapping Study (2024) · cites this paper as [172]

    Section 3.1.2 describes qbSolv as a tool for splitting large QUBO problems, but our copy does not compare its solution quality with principal component decomposition, free-and-anneal, or iterative centrality halo. Section 4.2 says every solver in its small-graph experiment found a maximum clique; that experiment does not establish the claimed superiority. Searches for the named techniques and comparative solution quality found no such assessment. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Chapuis, G., Djidjev, H., Hahn, G., & Rizk, G.
Affiliations
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
  • Lancaster University (GB)
  • Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (FR)
Corresponding author
Hahn, Georg
Venue
Journal of Signal Processing Systems
Published
2018-05-03
Volume
91
Issue
3-4
Pages
363-377
ISSN
  • 1939-8018 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-8115
OpenAlex
W2786959618
Cited by
70
References
30
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 1
FWCI
4.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Signal Processing Systems (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Laboratory Directed Research and Development
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research
Keywords
maximum clique problem, D-Wave quantum annealer, quantum annealing, QUBO formulation, NP-hard combinatorial optimization, simulated annealing comparison, quantum advantage, classical post-processing, random graphs

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