Demonstration of a Scaling Advantage for a Quantum Annealer over Simulated Annealing

Albash, Tameem; Lidar, Daniel A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031016

Title: Demonstration of a Scaling Advantage for a Quantum Annealer over Simulated Annealing

Journal Article · 30 June 2018 · Physical Review. X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031016 · OSTI ID:1460927

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Journal Information:: Physical Review. X, Journal Name: Physical Review. X Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 8; ISSN PRXHAE; ISSN 2160-3308

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Language:: English

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