Hybrid Annealing Method Based on subQUBO Model Extraction with Multiple Solution Instances

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Ising machines are expected to solve combinatorial optimization problems efficiently by representing them as Ising models or equivalent quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) models. However, upper bound exists on the computable problem size due to the hardware limitations of Ising machines. This paper propose a new hybrid annealing method based on partial QUBO extraction, called subQUBO model extraction, with multiple solution instances. For a given QUBO model, the proposed method obtains N_INI quasi-optimal solutions (quasi-ground-state solutions) in some way using a classical computer. The solutions giving these quasi-optimal solutions are called solution instances. We extract a size-limited subQUBO model as follows based on a strong theoretical background: we randomly select NS (NS < NI) solution instances among them and focus on a particular binary variable xi in the NS solution instances. If xi value is much varied over NS solution instances, it is included in the subQUBO model; otherwise, it is not. We find a (quasi-)ground-state solution of the extracted subQUBO model using an Ising machine and add it as a new solution instance. By repeating this process, we can finally obtain a (quasi-)ground-state solution of the original QUBO model. Experimental evaluations confirm that the proposed method can obtain better quasi-ground-state solution than existing methods for large-sized QUBO models.

本文言語English
ページ(範囲)2606-2619
ページ数14
ジャーナルIEEE Transactions on Computers
71
10
DOI
出版ステータスPublished - 2022 10月 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • ソフトウェア
  • 理論的コンピュータサイエンス
  • ハードウェアとアーキテクチャ
  • 計算理論と計算数学

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