Current superconducting quantum devices impose strict connectivity constraints on quantum circuit execution, necessitating circuit transformation before executing quantum circuits on physical hardware. Numerous quantu...
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Current superconducting quantum devices impose strict connectivity constraints on quantum circuit execution, necessitating circuit transformation before executing quantum circuits on physical hardware. Numerous quantum circuit transformation (QCT) algorithms have been proposed. To enable faithful evaluation of state-of-the-art QCT algorithms, this article introduces qubit mapping benchmark with known near-optimality (QKNOB), a novel benchmark construction method for QCT. QKNOB circuits have built-in transformations with near-optimal (close to the theoretical optimum) swap count and depth overhead. QKNOB provides general and unbiased evaluation of QCT algorithms. Using QKNOB, we demonstrate that SABRE, the default Qiskit compiler, consistently achieves the best performance on the 53-qubit IBM Q Rochester and Google Sycamore devices for both swap count and depth objectives. Our results also reveal significant performance gaps relative to the near-optimal transformation costs of QKNOB. Our construction algorithm and benchmarks are open-source.
In multi-plane phase retrieval imaging, the accuracy and efficiency of phase retrieval algorithm are usually mutually restrictive. Specifically, deterministic algorithms struggle to achieve sufficient accuracy, while ...
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In multi-plane phase retrieval imaging, the accuracy and efficiency of phase retrieval algorithm are usually mutually restrictive. Specifically, deterministic algorithms struggle to achieve sufficient accuracy, while iterative algorithms consume excessive time, thereby limiting their practical application. To address this issue, we propose a deterministic-iterative integrated phase retrieval algorithm, that is, an approximate phase, which could be quickly obtained by the deterministic algorithm, is imported as an initial value into the iterative algorithm to retrieve more accurate result efficiently. To demonstrate the effectiveness of this algorithm, we simulate its performance under various iterations and diffraction distances. Additionally, experiments are conducted using a pure-phase USAF1951 target and fixed mouse fibroblasts to verify its feasibility, high accuracy, and rapid iterative convergence speed. Integrating the deterministic and iterative algorithms, this method offers a novel approach for enhancing phase retrieval.
Connectivity augmentation problems are among the most elementary questions in Network Design. Many of these problems admit natural 2-approximation algorithms, often through various classic techniques, whereas it remai...
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(纸本)9781450399135
Connectivity augmentation problems are among the most elementary questions in Network Design. Many of these problems admit natural 2-approximation algorithms, often through various classic techniques, whereas it remains open whether approximation factors below 2 can be achieved. One of the most basic examples thereof is the Weighted Connectivity Augmentation Problem (WCAP). In WCAP, one is given an undirected graph together with a set of additional weighted candidate edges, and the task is to find a cheapest set of candidate edges whose addition to the graph increases its edge-connectivity. We present a (1.5 +epsilon)-approximation algorithm forWCAP, showing for the first time that factors below 2 are achievable. On a high level, we design a well-chosen local search algorithm, inspired by recent advances for Weighted Tree Augmentation. To measure progress, we consider a directed weakening of WCAP and show that it has highly structured planar solutions. Interpreting a solution of the original problem as one of this directed weakening allows us to describe local exchange steps in a clean and algorithmically amenable way. Leveraging these insights, we show that we can efficiently search for good exchange steps within a component class of link sets that is closely related to bounded treewidth subgraphs of circle graphs. Moreover, we prove that an optimum solution can be decomposed into smaller components, at least one of which leads to a good local search step as long as we did not yet achieve the claimed approximation guarantee.
We present the Positional Knapsack Problem (PKP), show that it is NP-hard and admits a Fully Polynomial-Time approximation Scheme (FPTAS). This problem is a variant of the classical Binary Knapsack Problem (KP) in whi...
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We present the Positional Knapsack Problem (PKP), show that it is NP-hard and admits a Fully Polynomial-Time approximation Scheme (FPTAS). This problem is a variant of the classical Binary Knapsack Problem (KP) in which the contribution of an item to the objective function varies according to the position in which it is added. The change in the valuation adds new properties to the problem that do not hold for KP as PKP is not a generalization of KP. Our FPTAS is based on a dynamic programming algorithm and uses a recursive rounding approach, which is necessary since the objective function depends on each item's value and position. (C) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://***/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0)
In this brief, the optimal containment control problem for a class of unknown nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs) is studied via a time-aggregated (TA) model-free reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm. First, based o...
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In this brief, the optimal containment control problem for a class of unknown nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs) is studied via a time-aggregated (TA) model-free reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm. First, based on the idea of TA, the control policy is updated only when the system visits a finite subset of the state space. Thus, the control is event-triggered and not time-triggered. On this basis, a model-free TA-based value iteration (TA-VI) algorithm is proposed to learn the optimal control protocol. Since the finite important states are considered and the control is event-triggered, this algorithm requires fewer updating times and fewer computation than the conventional optimal containment control. Moreover, the TA-VI algorithm eliminates requirements on the function approximator and state discretization, which allows a strict convergence analysis via the mathematical induction method. Finally, simulation results are given to show the feasibility and superiority of the proposed algorithm.
The Uncapacitated Facility Location (UFL) problem is one of the most fundamental clustering problems: Given a set of clients C and a set of facilities F in a metric space (C. F, dist) with facility costs open : F ->...
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(纸本)9781611977554
The Uncapacitated Facility Location (UFL) problem is one of the most fundamental clustering problems: Given a set of clients C and a set of facilities F in a metric space (C. F, dist) with facility costs open : F -> R+, the goal is to find a set of facilities S subset of F to minimize the sum of the opening cost open(S) and the connection cost d(S) := Sigma(p is an element of C) min(c is an element of S) dist(p, c). An algorithm for UFL is called a Lagrangian Multiplier Preserving (LMP) alpha approximation if it outputs a solution S subset of F satisfying open(S) + d(S) <= open(S *) + alpha d(S*) for any S* subset of F. The best-known LMP approximation ratio for UFL is at most 2 by the JMS algorithm of Jain, Mahdian, and Saberi [STOC'02, ***'03] based on the Dual-Fitting technique. The lack of progress on improving the upper bound on aLMP in the last two decades raised the natural question whether alpha(LMP) = 2. We answer this question negatively by presenting a (slightly) improved LMP approximation algorithm for UFL. This is achieved by combining the Dual-Fitting technique with Local Search, another popular technique to address clustering problems. In more detail, we use the LMP solution S produced by JMS to seed a local search algorithm. We show that local search substantially improves S unless a big fraction of the connection cost of S is associated with facilities of relatively small opening costs. In the latter case however the analysis of Jain, Mahdian, and Saberi can be improved (i.e., S is cheaper than expected). To summarize: Either S is close enough to the optimum, or it must belong to the local neighborhood of a good enough local optimum. From a conceptual viewpoint, our result gives a theoretical evidence that local search can be enhanced so as to avoid bad local optima by choosing the initial feasible solution with LP-based techniques. Our result directly implies a (slightly) improved approximation for the related k-Median problem, another fundamenta
Recent work on mini-batch consistency (MBC) for set functions has brought attention to the need for sequentially processing and aggregating chunks of a partitioned set while guaranteeing the same output for all partit...
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Recent work on mini-batch consistency (MBC) for set functions has brought attention to the need for sequentially processing and aggregating chunks of a partitioned set while guaranteeing the same output for all partitions. However, existing constraints on MBC architectures lead to models with limited expressive power. Additionally, prior work has not addressed how to deal with large sets during training when the full set gradient is required. To address these issues, we propose a Universally MBC (UMBC) class of set functions which can be used in conjunction with arbitrary non-MBC components while still satisfying MBC, enabling a wider range of function classes to be used in MBC settings. Furthermore, we propose an efficient MBC training algorithm which gives an unbiased approximation of the full set gradient and has a constant memory overhead for any set size for both train- and test-time. We conduct extensive experiments including image completion, text classification, unsupervised clustering, and cancer detection on high-resolution images to verify the efficiency and efficacy of our scalable set encoding framework. Our code is available at ***/jeffwillette/umbc
The challenge induced by imperfect channel state information (CSI) at the transmitter promotes the research of robust precoder design, among which stochastic weighted minimum mean square error (SWMMSE) has gained wide...
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The challenge induced by imperfect channel state information (CSI) at the transmitter promotes the research of robust precoder design, among which stochastic weighted minimum mean square error (SWMMSE) has gained wide attention due to its excellent performance. However, its considerable computational complexity and extremely slow convergence rate make it impractical to be applied in real massive multi-user multiple-input (MU-MIMO) systems. To combat these drawbacks, in this letter, we first propose a robust weighted minimum mean square error (WMMSE)-based precoder with a practice-oriented design, namely PO-WMMSE. On one hand, it can be approximately seen as a deterministic equivalent of the classical SWMMSE, and thus yield a satisfying performance. On the other hand, due to the low complexity and closed-form approximation of the expectation terms in PO-WMMSE, it can quickly converge with linear complexity (in contrast, the expectation terms are approximated using sample average in SWMMSE). Then, the proposed algorithm is unfolded into a layer-wise neural network, namely PO-WMMSE Net, in which several trainable matrices are induced to compensate for the approximate loss and further accelerate convergence. Finally, numerical comparisons under imperfect CSI with existing algorithms demonstrate the significant advantages of the developed PO-WMMSE Net.
Clustering with outliers is one of the most fundamental problems in Computer Science. Given a set X of n points and two integers k and m, the clustering with outliers aims to exclude m points from X, and partition the...
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(纸本)9781577358800
Clustering with outliers is one of the most fundamental problems in Computer Science. Given a set X of n points and two integers k and m, the clustering with outliers aims to exclude m points from X, and partition the remaining points into k clusters that minimizes a certain cost function. In this paper, we give a general approach for solving clustering with outliers, which results in a fixed-parameter tractable (FPT) algorithm in k and m (i.e., an algorithm with running time of the form f (k, m) . n(O(1)) for some function f), that almost matches the approximation ratio for its outlier-free counter-part. As a corollary, we obtain FPT approximation algorithms with optimal approximation ratios for k-MEDIAN and k-MEANS with outliers in general metrics. We also exhibit more applications of our approach to other variants of the problem that impose additional constraints on the clustering, such as fairness or matroid constraints.
This paper introduces the min-max correlation clustering problem with penalties, which is a generalization of the correlation clustering problem. In this problem, each vertex can be clustered or penalized, and the goa...
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