"QAOA is one of quantum algorithms which can be implemented on near-term quantum processors, also called as noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) processors, and may have wide applications in solving hard computational problems. For example, it could be applied to tackle a large family of optimization problems, named as the quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) which is ubiquitous in the computer science and operation research. Basically, this class can be modeled with the form of\n",
"where $z_i$s are binary parameters and coefficients $q_{ij}$ refer to the weight associated to $x_i x_j$. Indeed, it is usually extremely difficult for classical computers to give the exact optimal solution, while QAOA provides an alternative approach which may have a speedup advantage over classical ones to solve these hard problems.\n",
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"# References\n",
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"[1] Farhi, E., Goldstone, J., & Gutmann, S. (2014). A quantum approximate optimization algorithm. arXiv:1411.4028."
"[1] E. Farhi, J. Goldstone, and S. Gutman. 2014. A quantum approximate optimization algorithm. arXiv:1411.4028 "