A quantum-quantum Metropolis algorithm

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 754-759

  Yung, Man Hong ^a   Aspuru Guzik, Alán ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metropolis method; Quantum computing; Quantum simulation; Simulated annealing; Statistical physics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; METROPOLIS ALGORITHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV CHAINS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84856401403     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111758109     Document Type: Article

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