Solving (Max) 3-SAT via Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization

Jonas Nüßlein*, Sebastian Zielinski, Thomas Gabor, Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Sebastian Feld

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Abstract

We introduce a novel approach to translate arbitrary 3-sat instances to Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (qubo) as they are used by quantum annealing (QA) or the quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA). Our approach requires fewer couplings and fewer physical qubits than the current state-of-the-art, which results in higher solution quality. We verified the practical applicability of the approach by testing it on a D-Wave quantum annealer.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science – ICCS 2023 - 23rd International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsJiří Mikyška, Clélia de Mulatier, Valeria V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Peter M. A. Sloot, Maciej Paszynski, Jack J. Dongarra
PublisherSpringer
Pages34-47
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783031360299
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event23rd International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2023 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 3 Jul 20235 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume14077 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2023
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period3/07/235/07/23

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Keywords

  • 3-SAT
  • quantum annealing
  • QUBO
  • satisfiability

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