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This research applies Generative Flow Networks to optimize measurement strategies in quantum computing, specifically reducing the resource overhead required for estimating molecular Hamiltonians. By treating Hamiltonian grouping as a reward-driven search problem, the method achieves significant reductions in measurement counts and two-qubit gate usage compared to traditional greedy initialization techniques. The approach offers a flexible framework for hardware-aware resource optimization without requiring differentiable cost functions or extensive pretraining.
Discrete Flow-Based Generative Models for Measurement Optimization in Quantum Computing
arXiv:2509.15486v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Estimating molecular Hamiltonians to chemical accuracy requires a large number of measurements. Hamiltonian overlapping grouping methods focus on reducing measurement counts, employing greedy initializations, such as sorted insertion (SI), leaving useful measurement/circuit trade-offs unexplored. Here, we formulate Hamiltonian grouping as a reward-driven generative search problem and introduce a Generative Flow Networks (GFlowNets)-based model that colors graph representations of molecular qubit Hamiltonians to sample non-overlapping commuting groupings. The reward function can combine measurement cost, circuit count, and compiled two-qubit-gate count, enabling multi-objective optimization without differentiable cost functions or model pretraining. Across molecular Hamiltonian benchmarks, the GFlowNets sampler finds fully commuting non-overlapping groupings with average measurement requirements 18% lower than SI, and produces Pareto sets that expose trade-offs among shots, circuits, and two-qubit resources. When used to initialize iterative coefficient splitting (ICS), GFlowNet-generated groupings reduce post-ICS measurement estimates by up to 40% for Jordan-Wigner-mapped fully commuting Hamiltonians relative to SI initialization. Composite rewards further identify lower two-qubit gate groupings, including cases with more than 100 fewer compiled two-qubit gates, while retaining comparable post-ICS measurement benefits. GFlowNets provide a flexible workflow for resource-aware measurement and quantum-resource optimization in quantum chemistry, replacing single-heuristic outputs with diverse candidate groupings that can be selected according to hardware-specific priorities. Our results show that our GFlowNets' generative policy framework not only reduces measurement and two-qubit gate costs but also provides flexibility for hardware-aware adaptations via its reward function.
Abstract:Estimating molecular Hamiltonians to chemical accuracy requires a large number of measurements. Hamiltonian overlapping grouping methods focus on reducing measurement counts, employing greedy initializations, such as sorted insertion (SI), leaving useful measurement/circuit trade-offs unexplored. Here, we formulate Hamiltonian grouping as a reward-driven generative search problem and introduce a Generative Flow Networks (GFlowNets)-based model that colors graph representations of molecular qubit Hamiltonians to sample non-overlapping commuting groupings. The reward function can combine measurement cost, circuit count, and compiled two-qubit-gate count, enabling multi-objective optimization without differentiable cost functions or model pretraining. Across molecular Hamiltonian benchmarks, the GFlowNets sampler finds fully commuting non-overlapping groupings with average measurement requirements 18% lower than SI, and produces Pareto sets that expose trade-offs among shots, circuits, and two-qubit resources. When used to initialize iterative coefficient splitting (ICS), GFlowNet-generated groupings reduce post-ICS measurement estimates by up to 40% for Jordan-Wigner-mapped fully commuting Hamiltonians relative to SI initialization. Composite rewards further identify lower two-qubit gate groupings, including cases with more than 100 fewer compiled two-qubit gates, while retaining comparable post-ICS measurement benefits. GFlowNets provide a flexible workflow for resource-aware measurement and quantum-resource optimization in quantum chemistry, replacing single-heuristic outputs with diverse candidate groupings that can be selected according to hardware-specific priorities. Our results show that our GFlowNets' generative policy framework not only reduces measurement and two-qubit gate costs but also provides flexibility for hardware-aware adaptations via its reward function.
26 pages, 9 figures and 4 tables. Contact authors for SM
arXiv:2509.15486 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2509.15486v3 [quant-ph] for this version)
From: Isaac L. Huidobro-Meezs [view email] [v1] Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:23:36 UTC (12,775 KB) [v2] Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:17:34 UTC (19,700 KB) [v3] Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:12:11 UTC (12,064 KB)
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