{"id":89404,"date":"2019-04-10T12:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T19:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/new-algorithm-optimizes-quantum-computing-problem-solving"},"modified":"2019-04-10T12:22:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T19:22:55","slug":"new-algorithm-optimizes-quantum-computing-problem-solving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/new-algorithm-optimizes-quantum-computing-problem-solving","title":{"rendered":"New algorithm optimizes quantum computing problem-solving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-algorithm-optimizes-quantum-computing-problem-solving.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tohoku University researchers have developed an algorithm that enhances the ability of a Canadian-designed quantum computer to more efficiently find the best solution for complicated problems, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports.<\/p>\n<p>Quantum computing takes advantage of the ability of subatomic particles to exist in more than one state at the same time. It is expected to take modern-day computing to the next level by enabling the processing of more information in less time.<\/p>\n<p>The D-Wave <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/quantum\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">quantum<\/a> annealer, developed by a Canadian company that claims it sells the world\u2019s first commercially available quantum computers, employs the concepts of quantum physics to solve \u2018combinatorial optimization <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/problems\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">problems<\/a>.\u2019 A typical example of this sort of problem asks the question: \u201cGiven a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that visits each <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/city\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">city<\/a> and returns to the original city?\u201d Businesses and industries face a large range of similarly complex problems in which they want to find the optimal solution among many possible ones using the least amount of resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-04-algorithm-optimizes-quantum-problem-solving.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tohoku University researchers have developed an algorithm that enhances the ability of a Canadian-designed quantum computer to more efficiently find the best solution for complicated problems, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. Quantum computing takes advantage of the ability of subatomic particles to exist in more than one state at the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1523,41,48,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-computing","category-information-science","category-particle-physics","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}