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High-performance combinatorial optimization based on classical mechanics

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Massively parallel implementations of algorithms based on classical mechanics realize high-performance combinatorial optimization. Quickly obtaining optimal solutions of combinatorial optimization problems has tremendous value but is extremely difficult. Thus, various… Click to show full abstract

Massively parallel implementations of algorithms based on classical mechanics realize high-performance combinatorial optimization. Quickly obtaining optimal solutions of combinatorial optimization problems has tremendous value but is extremely difficult. Thus, various kinds of machines specially designed for combinatorial optimization have recently been proposed and developed. Toward the realization of higher-performance machines, here, we propose an algorithm based on classical mechanics, which is obtained by modifying a previously proposed algorithm called simulated bifurcation. Our proposed algorithm allows us to achieve not only high speed by parallel computing but also high solution accuracy for problems with up to one million binary variables. Benchmarking shows that our machine based on the algorithm achieves high performance compared to recently developed machines, including a quantum annealer using a superconducting circuit, a coherent Ising machine using a laser, and digital processors based on various algorithms. Thus, high-performance combinatorial optimization is realized by massively parallel implementations of the proposed algorithm based on classical mechanics.

Keywords: combinatorial optimization; performance; classical mechanics; based classical; mechanics

Journal Title: Science Advances
Year Published: 2021

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