On barren plateaus and cost function locality in variational quantum algorithms
Work
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Variational quantum algorithms rely on gradient based optimization to iteratively minimize a cost function evaluated by measuring output(s) of a quantum processor. A barren plateau is the phenomenon ... more
Authors Alexey Uvarov, Jacob Biamonte
Institution Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Cites: 54
Cited by: 116
Related to: 10
FWCI: 12.42
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 100
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Grant ID 19-31-90159