Higher-order binary optimization with Q-CTRL's Optimization Solver
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Verbrauchsschätzung: 24 Minudn uff'n Heron r2 Prozessor. (HINWEIS: Das is bloß ne Schätzung. Deine Laafzeit kann annersch sein.)
Hinnergrunnd
Das Tutorial zeicht, wie mer e higher-order binary optimization (HOBO) Problem mid dem Optimization Solver, ner Qiskit Function von Q-CTRL Fire Opal lösn kann. Das Beischbiel ausm Tutorial is e Obdimierungsproblem, was dafier gedachd is, die Grundzustandsenergie vonn'n 156-Qubit Ising-Modell mid gubischen Termen ze findn. Der Optimization Solver kann fer allgemeine Obdimierungsprobleme gebrucht wern, die als Zielfunggzjon definiert sin.
Der Optimization Solver aatomadisiert vollschdännich die Hardware-bewussten Implementierungsschritte fer Obdimierungsprobleme uff Quantnhardware, un durch's Ausnutzn von Performance Management fer die Quantnausfiehrung, erreichd er genaue Lösungn uff utility scale. Fer ne dedaillierde Zusammmfassung vomm Optimization Solver Workflow un Benchmarking-Ergebnisse, guggde mol uff das veröffendlichte Manusgript.
Das Tutorial jeht durch die Schritte:
- Das Problem als Zielfunggzjon definieren
- Dän Hybridalgorithmus mid dem Fire Opal Optimization Solver laafn lassen
- Ergebnisse evaluiern
Voraussetznge
Bevor de mid dem Tutorial anfängst, sorg dafier, dass de das haschd:
- Qiskit Functions (
pip install qiskit-ibm-catalog) - SymPy (
pip install sympy)
De brauchsd ooch Zugriff uff die Optimization Solver Funggzjon. Füll das Formular aus fer Zugriff aanzufordern.
Einrichtung
Zuersd importier die nötchn Pagete un Wergzeuge.
# Qiskit Functions Catalog
from qiskit_ibm_catalog import QiskitFunctionsCatalog
# SymPy tools for constructing objective function
from sympy import Poly
from sympy import symbols, srepr
# Tools for plotting and evaluating results
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from sympy import lambdify
Definier deine IBM Quantum Platform Zugangsdan, die während dem Tutorial fer Authentifizierung bei Qiskit Runtime un Qiskit Functions gebrucht wern.
# Credentials
token = "<YOUR-API_KEY>" # Use the 44-characters API_KEY you have created and saved from the IBM Quantum Platform Home dashboard
instance = "<YOUR_CRN>"
Schridd 1: Das Problem als Zielfunggzjon definieren
Der Optimization Solver aggzebtiert entweder ne Zielfunggzjon oder'n Graph als Eingabe. In dem Tutorial is das Ising spin glass Minimierungsproblem als Zielfunggzjon definiert, un es is uff die heavy-hex Dobologie von IBM® Gerätn aanjebassdt.
Weil die Zielfunggzjon gubische, quadradische un lineare Termen enthält, jehörd se zur HOBO Klasse von Problemn, die beganndermaßn bedeitend gomblizierter ze lösn sin als gonventionelle quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) Probleme.
Fer ne dedaillierte Disgussion ieber die Gonstrugzjon von der Problemdefinizjon un frühere Ergebnisse vomm Optimization Solver guggde mol uff das dechnische Manusgript. Das Problem wurde urspringlich definiert un evaluiert als Deil vonn'n Paper vomm Los Alamos National Laboratory, un es wurde aanjebassdt fer die volle Gerätebreide von de 156-Qubit IBM Quantum Heron Brozessorn ze nutzn.
qubit_count = 156
# Create symbolic variables to represent qubits
x = symbols([f"x[{i}]" for i in range(qubit_count)])
# # Define a polynomial representing a spin glass model
spin_glass_poly = Poly(
-4 * x[0] * x[1]
- 8 * x[1] * x[2] * x[3]
+ 8 * x[1] * x[2]
+ 4 * x[1] * x[3]
- 4 * x[2]
+ 8 * x[3] * x[4] * x[5]
- 4 * x[3] * x[5]
- 8 * x[3] * x[16] * x[23]
+ 4 * x[3] * x[23]
- 2 * x[3]
- 4 * x[4]
- 8 * x[5] * x[6] * x[7]
+ 8 * x[5] * x[6]
+ 4 * x[5] * x[7]
- 2 * x[5]
+ 8 * x[6] * x[7]
- 4 * x[6]
- 8 * x[7] * x[8] * x[9]
+ 4 * x[7] * x[9]
- 8 * x[7] * x[17] * x[27]
+ 4 * x[7] * x[27]
- 6 * x[7]
+ 8 * x[8] * x[9]
+ 8 * x[9] * x[10] * x[11]
- 4 * x[9] * x[11]
- 2 * x[9]
- 8 * x[10] * x[11]
+ 4 * x[10]
- 8 * x[11] * x[12] * x[13]
+ 4 * x[11] * x[13]
- 8 * x[11] * x[18] * x[31]
+ 8 * x[11] * x[18]
+ 4 * x[11] * x[31]
- 2 * x[11]
+ 8 * x[12] * x[13]
+ 8 * x[13] * x[14] * x[15]
- 4 * x[13] * x[15]
- 2 * x[13]
- 8 * x[14] * x[15]
+ 4 * x[14]
- 8 * x[15] * x[19] * x[35]
+ 8 * x[15] * x[19]
+ 4 * x[15] * x[35]
- 2 * x[15]
+ 8 * x[16] * x[23]
+ 8 * x[17] * x[27]
- 4 * x[17]
+ 8 * x[18] * x[31]
- 8 * x[18]
+ 8 * x[19] * x[35]
- 8 * x[19]
+ 4 * x[20] * x[21]
- 4 * x[20]
- 8 * x[21] * x[22] * x[23]
+ 8 * x[21] * x[22]
+ 4 * x[21] * x[23]
- 8 * x[21] * x[36] * x[41]
+ 4 * x[21] * x[41]
- 4 * x[21]
+ 8 * x[22] * x[23]
- 8 * x[22]
+ 8 * x[23] * x[24] * x[25]
- 4 * x[23] * x[25]
- 10 * x[23]
- 8 * x[24] * x[25]
+ 8 * x[25] * x[26] * x[27]
- 8 * x[25] * x[26]
- 4 * x[25] * x[27]
+ 8 * x[25] * x[37] * x[45]
- 8 * x[25] * x[37]
- 4 * x[25] * x[45]
+ 14 * x[25]
- 8 * x[26] * x[27]
+ 4 * x[26]
+ 8 * x[27] * x[28] * x[29]
- 4 * x[27] * x[29]
- 2 * x[27]
- 8 * x[28] * x[29]
- 8 * x[29] * x[30] * x[31]
+ 4 * x[29] * x[31]
+ 8 * x[29] * x[38] * x[49]
- 8 * x[29] * x[38]
- 4 * x[29] * x[49]
+ 6 * x[29]
+ 8 * x[30] * x[31]
- 4 * x[30]
- 8 * x[31] * x[32] * x[33]
+ 4 * x[31] * x[33]
- 6 * x[31]
+ 8 * x[33] * x[34] * x[35]
- 4 * x[33] * x[35]
- 8 * x[33] * x[39] * x[53]
+ 8 * x[33] * x[39]
+ 4 * x[33] * x[53]
- 6 * x[33]
- 8 * x[34] * x[35]
+ 2 * x[35]
+ 8 * x[36] * x[41]
- 8 * x[37] * x[45]
+ 4 * x[37]
- 8 * x[38] * x[49]
+ 4 * x[38]
+ 4 * x[40] * x[41]
- 8 * x[41] * x[42] * x[43]
+ 4 * x[41] * x[43]
- 8 * x[41]
+ 8 * x[42] * x[43]
- 4 * x[42]
- 8 * x[43] * x[44] * x[45]
+ 8 * x[43] * x[44]
+ 4 * x[43] * x[45]
- 8 * x[43] * x[56] * x[63]
+ 4 * x[43] * x[63]
- 6 * x[43]
- 4 * x[44]
- 8 * x[45] * x[46] * x[47]
+ 4 * x[45] * x[47]
+ 2 * x[45]
+ 4 * x[46]
- 8 * x[47] * x[48] * x[49]
+ 8 * x[47] * x[48]
+ 4 * x[47] * x[49]
- 8 * x[47] * x[57] * x[67]
+ 4 * x[47] * x[67]
- 2 * x[47]
- 4 * x[48]
- 8 * x[49] * x[50] * x[51]
+ 8 * x[49] * x[50]
+ 4 * x[49] * x[51]
- 2 * x[49]
+ 8 * x[50] * x[51]
- 8 * x[50]
- 8 * x[51] * x[52] * x[53]
+ 8 * x[51] * x[52]
+ 4 * x[51] * x[53]
- 8 * x[51] * x[58] * x[71]
+ 4 * x[51] * x[71]
- 6 * x[51]
+ 8 * x[52] * x[53]
- 8 * x[52]
+ 8 * x[53] * x[54] * x[55]
- 8 * x[53] * x[54]
- 4 * x[53] * x[55]
- 2 * x[53]
+ 4 * x[54]
- 8 * x[55] * x[59] * x[75]
+ 4 * x[55] * x[75]
- 2 * x[55]
+ 8 * x[56] * x[63]
+ 8 * x[57] * x[67]
- 4 * x[57]
+ 8 * x[58] * x[71]
+ 8 * x[59] * x[75]
- 4 * x[59]
+ 4 * x[60] * x[61]
+ 8 * x[61] * x[62] * x[63]
- 4 * x[61] * x[63]
+ 8 * x[61] * x[76] * x[81]
- 8 * x[61] * x[76]
- 4 * x[61] * x[81]
- 8 * x[63] * x[64] * x[65]
+ 8 * x[63] * x[64]
+ 4 * x[63] * x[65]
- 6 * x[63]
+ 8 * x[65] * x[66] * x[67]
- 8 * x[65] * x[66]
- 4 * x[65] * x[67]
- 8 * x[65] * x[77] * x[85]
+ 4 * x[65] * x[85]
+ 2 * x[65]
+ 4 * x[66]
- 8 * x[67] * x[68] * x[69]
+ 8 * x[67] * x[68]
+ 4 * x[67] * x[69]
- 10 * x[67]
+ 8 * x[68] * x[69]
- 4 * x[68]
+ 8 * x[69] * x[70] * x[71]
- 4 * x[69] * x[71]
- 8 * x[69] * x[78] * x[89]
+ 4 * x[69] * x[89]
- 6 * x[69]
+ 8 * x[71] * x[72] * x[73]
- 8 * x[71] * x[72]
- 4 * x[71] * x[73]
+ 2 * x[71]
- 8 * x[72] * x[73]
+ 8 * x[72]
- 8 * x[73] * x[74] * x[75]
+ 8 * x[73] * x[74]
+ 4 * x[73] * x[75]
- 8 * x[73] * x[79] * x[93]
+ 8 * x[73] * x[79]
+ 4 * x[73] * x[93]
- 6 * x[73]
+ 8 * x[74] * x[75]
- 4 * x[74]
- 10 * x[75]
+ 4 * x[76]
+ 8 * x[78] * x[89]
- 4 * x[78]
- 4 * x[79]
- 4 * x[80] * x[81]
+ 4 * x[80]
- 8 * x[81] * x[82] * x[83]
+ 8 * x[81] * x[82]
+ 4 * x[81] * x[83]
+ 8 * x[82] * x[83]
- 8 * x[82]
- 8 * x[83] * x[84] * x[85]
+ 4 * x[83] * x[85]
- 8 * x[83] * x[96] * x[103]
+ 4 * x[83] * x[103]
- 2 * x[83]
- 8 * x[85] * x[86] * x[87]
+ 8 * x[85] * x[86]
+ 4 * x[85] * x[87]
- 6 * x[85]
+ 8 * x[86] * x[87]
- 4 * x[86]
- 8 * x[87] * x[88] * x[89]
+ 4 * x[87] * x[89]
+ 8 * x[87] * x[97] * x[107]
- 8 * x[87] * x[97]
- 4 * x[87] * x[107]
+ 2 * x[87]
+ 4 * x[88]
- 8 * x[89] * x[90] * x[91]
+ 8 * x[89] * x[90]
+ 4 * x[89] * x[91]
- 10 * x[89]
+ 8 * x[90] * x[91]
- 8 * x[90]
- 8 * x[91] * x[92] * x[93]
+ 4 * x[91] * x[93]
- 8 * x[91] * x[98] * x[111]
+ 8 * x[91] * x[98]
+ 4 * x[91] * x[111]
- 10 * x[91]
+ 8 * x[92] * x[93]
- 4 * x[92]
- 8 * x[93] * x[94] * x[95]
+ 4 * x[93] * x[95]
- 6 * x[93]
+ 8 * x[95] * x[99] * x[115]
- 8 * x[95] * x[99]
- 4 * x[95] * x[115]
+ 2 * x[95]
+ 4 * x[96]
- 8 * x[97] * x[107]
+ 4 * x[97]
- 4 * x[98]
- 8 * x[99] * x[115]
+ 4 * x[99]
- 4 * x[100] * x[101]
+ 8 * x[101] * x[102] * x[103]
- 8 * x[101] * x[102]
- 4 * x[101] * x[103]
- 8 * x[101] * x[116] * x[121]
+ 8 * x[101] * x[116]
+ 4 * x[101] * x[121]
+ 4 * x[101]
- 8 * x[103] * x[104] * x[105]
+ 4 * x[103] * x[105]
+ 2 * x[103]
+ 8 * x[105] * x[106] * x[107]
- 4 * x[105] * x[107]
- 8 * x[105] * x[117] * x[125]
+ 4 * x[105] * x[125]
+ 2 * x[105]
- 8 * x[106] * x[107]
+ 4 * x[106]
+ 8 * x[107] * x[108] * x[109]
- 4 * x[107] * x[109]
+ 6 * x[107]
- 4 * x[108]
+ 8 * x[109] * x[110] * x[111]
- 4 * x[109] * x[111]
- 8 * x[109] * x[118] * x[129]
+ 4 * x[109] * x[129]
+ 2 * x[109]
- 8 * x[110] * x[111]
+ 4 * x[110]
- 8 * x[111] * x[112] * x[113]
+ 8 * x[111] * x[112]
+ 4 * x[111] * x[113]
+ 2 * x[111]
+ 8 * x[112] * x[113]
- 8 * x[112]
- 8 * x[113] * x[114] * x[115]
+ 4 * x[113] * x[115]
- 8 * x[113] * x[119] * x[133]
+ 4 * x[113] * x[133]
- 2 * x[113]
+ 6 * x[115]
- 4 * x[116]
+ 4 * x[118]
+ 4 * x[119]
+ 4 * x[120] * x[121]
- 8 * x[121] * x[122] * x[123]
+ 4 * x[121] * x[123]
- 4 * x[121]
+ 4 * x[122]
- 8 * x[123] * x[124] * x[125]
+ 4 * x[123] * x[125]
- 8 * x[123] * x[136] * x[143]
+ 4 * x[123] * x[143]
- 2 * x[123]
+ 8 * x[124] * x[125]
- 4 * x[124]
+ 8 * x[125] * x[126] * x[127]
- 8 * x[125] * x[126]
- 4 * x[125] * x[127]
+ 2 * x[125]
- 8 * x[127] * x[128] * x[129]
+ 8 * x[127] * x[128]
+ 4 * x[127] * x[129]
+ 8 * x[127] * x[137] * x[147]
- 8 * x[127] * x[137]
- 4 * x[127] * x[147]
- 2 * x[127]
+ 8 * x[129] * x[130] * x[131]
- 4 * x[129] * x[131]
+ 2 * x[129]
- 4 * x[130]
- 8 * x[131] * x[132] * x[133]
+ 4 * x[131] * x[133]
- 8 * x[131] * x[138] * x[151]
+ 4 * x[131] * x[151]
- 2 * x[131]
+ 8 * x[133] * x[134] * x[135]
- 4 * x[133] * x[135]
+ 2 * x[133]
- 8 * x[134] * x[135]
+ 4 * x[134]
- 8 * x[135] * x[139] * x[155]
+ 8 * x[135] * x[139]
+ 4 * x[135] * x[155]
+ 2 * x[135]
+ 8 * x[136] * x[143]
- 4 * x[136]
+ 4 * x[138]
+ 8 * x[139] * x[155]
- 4 * x[139]
- 4 * x[140] * x[141]
- 8 * x[141] * x[142] * x[143]
+ 8 * x[141] * x[142]
+ 4 * x[141] * x[143]
+ 8 * x[142] * x[143]
- 8 * x[142]
- 8 * x[143] * x[144] * x[145]
+ 8 * x[143] * x[144]
+ 4 * x[143] * x[145]
- 14 * x[143]
+ 8 * x[144] * x[145]
- 8 * x[144]
- 8 * x[145] * x[146] * x[147]
+ 8 * x[145] * x[146]
+ 4 * x[145] * x[147]
- 6 * x[145]
+ 8 * x[146] * x[147]
- 4 * x[146]
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+ 8 * x[147] * x[148]
+ 4 * x[147] * x[149]
- 6 * x[147]
- 4 * x[148]
- 8 * x[149] * x[150] * x[151]
+ 8 * x[149] * x[150]
+ 4 * x[149] * x[151]
- 6 * x[149]
+ 8 * x[151] * x[152] * x[153]
- 4 * x[151] * x[153]
+ 2 * x[151]
+ 8 * x[153] * x[154] * x[155]
- 8 * x[153] * x[154]
- 4 * x[153] * x[155]
+ 2 * x[153]
- 8 * x[154] * x[155]
+ 4 * x[154]
- 2 * x[155]
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x,
domain="ZZ",
)
Schridd 2: Dän Hybridalgorithmus mid dem Fire Opal Optimization Solver laafn lassen
Nu brauchn mer die Optimization Solver Qiskit Function fer dän Algorithmus ze starten. Hinner de Gulissn gümmerds sich der Optimization Solver umms Mapping vomm Problem uff'n hybrid Quantnalgorithmus, das Laafn lassn von de Quantnschaltgreise mid Fehlerunnerdrüggung, un das Durchfiehrn von der glassischn Obdimierung.
# Authenticate to the Qiskit Functions Catalog
catalog = QiskitFunctionsCatalog(
token=token,
instance=instance,
)
# Load the function
solver = catalog.load("q-ctrl/optimization_solver")
Priefde, dass das ausjewehlte Jerät winnichstens 156 Qubits hadd.
# Specify the target backend name
backend_name = "<CHOOSE_A_BACKEND>"
Der Solver aggzebtiert ne String-Repräsendazjon von der Zielfunggzjon.
# Convert the objective function to string format
spin_glass_poly_as_str = srepr(spin_glass_poly)
# Run the problem
spin_glass_job = solver.run(
problem=spin_glass_poly_as_str,
run_options={"backend_name": backend_name},
)
De gannsde die beganndn Qiskit Serverless APIs bruchen fer dein Qiskit Function Workload Status ze priefn:
# Get job status
spin_glass_job.status()
Der Solver gibbd e Dictionary mid der Lösung un assoziierdn Medadatn zerügg, wie zum Beischbiel der Lösungs-Bitstring, die Zahhl von Iterazjonen, un das Mapping von Variabeln uff Bitstring. Fer ne vollständiche Definizjon von de Solver seine Eingabn un Ausgabn, guggde mol uff die Dogumendazjon.
# Poll for results
result = spin_glass_job.result()
# Get the final bitstring distribution and set the number of shots
distribution = result["final_bitstring_distribution"]
Schridd 3: Ergebnisse evaluiern
# Get the solution ground state energy
print(f"Minimum ground state energy: {result["solution_bitstring_cost"]}")
Minimum ground state energy: -242.0
Der Solver hadd die gorrechde Lösung jefundn, was mid glassischer Obdimierungssoftware validiert wordn is. Die Gomblexität von dem utility-scale Problem braucht ne fortjeschriddne Obdimierungssoftware fer glassisch jelössd ze wern, wie zum Beischbiel IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (CPLEX) oder Gurobi Optimization. Als visuelle Analys von der Qualität von de Ergebnisse gannsde die Ergebnisse bloddn, indeem de die Gostnwerde von de Bitstrings un ihre Wahrscheinlichgeidn berächnsd. Zum Vergleich blodde die Ergebnisse nebm ner Verdeilung von zufällich jesampeltn Bitstrings, was gleichbedeidend mid ner "brute-force" glassischn Lösung is. Wenn der Algorithmus gonsequendt niedrichere Gostn findde dud, deidde das druff hin, dass der Quantnalgorithmus das Obdimierungsproblem effegdiv lössd.
def plot_cost_histogram(
costs, probabilities, distribution, qubit_count, bitstring_cost
):
"""Plots a histogram comparing the cost distributions of Q-CTRL Solver and random sampling."""
# Set figure DPI for higher resolution and font size for labels
plt.rcParams["figure.dpi"] = 300
plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 6}) # Set default font size to 6
# Define labels and colors for the plot
labels = ["Q-CTRL Solver", "Random Sampling"]
colors = ["#680CE9", "#E04542"]
# Calculate total shots (total number of bitstrings in the distribution)
shots = sum(distribution.values())
# Generate random bitstrings for comparison (random sampling)
rng = np.random.default_rng(seed=0)
random_array = rng.integers(
0, 2, size=(shots, qubit_count)
) # Generate random bitstrings (0 or 1 for each qubit)
random_bitstrings = ["".join(row.astype(str)) for row in random_array]
# Compute the cost for each random bitstring
random_costs = [bitstring_cost(k) for k in random_bitstrings]
# Set uniform probabilities for the random sampling
random_probabilities = (
np.ones(shape=(shots,)) / shots
) # Equal probability for each random bitstring
# Find the minimum and maximum costs for binning the histogram
min_cost = np.min(costs)
max_cost = np.max(random_costs)
# Create a histogram plot with a smaller figure size (4x2 inches)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=1, figsize=(4, 2))
# Plot histograms for the Q-CTRL solver and random sampling costs
_, _, _ = ax.hist(
[costs, random_costs], # Data for the two histograms
np.arange(min_cost, max_cost, 2), # Bins for the histogram
weights=[
probabilities,
random_probabilities,
], # Probabilities for each data set
label=labels, # Labels for the legend
color=colors, # Colors for each histogram
histtype="stepfilled", # Filled step histogram
align="mid", # Align bars to the bin center
alpha=0.8, # Transparency
)
# Set the x and y labels for the plot
ax.set_xlabel("Cost")
ax.set_ylabel("Probability")
# Add the legend to the plot
ax.legend()
# Show the plot
plt.show()
# Convert spin_glass_poly into a NumPy-compatible function
poly_as_numpy_function = lambdify(x, spin_glass_poly.as_expr(), "numpy")
# Function to compute the cost of a given bitstring using spin_glass_poly
def bitstring_cost(bitstring: str) -> float:
# Convert bitstring to a reversed list of integers (0s and 1s)
return float(
poly_as_numpy_function(*[int(b) for b in str(bitstring[::-1])])
)
# Calculate the cost of each bitstring in the distribution
costs = [bitstring_cost(k) for k, _ in distribution.items()]
# Extract probabilities from the bitstring distribution
probabilities = np.array([v for _, v in distribution.items()])
probabilities = probabilities / sum(
probabilities
) # Normalize to get probabilities
plot_cost_histogram(
costs, probabilities, distribution, qubit_count, bitstring_cost
)
Weil das Ziel von dem Obdimierungsalgorithmus is, dän Minimum Grundzustandd vomm Ising-Modell ze findn, deidn niedrichere Werde uff bessere Lösungn hin. Dorom is es visuell offensichtlich, dass die Lösungn vomm Fire Opal Optimization Solver weid besser sin als zufälliche Auswahl.