arXiv:2504.03626quant-phcs.LG2025-04被引 6

量子算法加速马尔可夫链蒙特卡洛采样,提升优化效率。

Quantum Speedups for Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods with Application to Optimization

  • 利用量子梯度估计改进经典采样算法复杂度
  • 在高维、低精度条件下实现量子加速
  • 适合处理非光滑凸优化问题的研究者

我们提出量子算法,为常用于从形如 $π/propto e^{-f}$ 的概率分布中采样的马尔可夫链蒙特卡洛(MCMC)方法提供理论加速。第一种方法针对有限和势函数的吉布斯采样,在随机设置下使用梯度查询预言机;第二种设置仅需对同一随机参数下两点的势函数进行同时查询。通过引入新的随机梯度估计技术,我们的算法在维度、精度及其他依赖问题的参数上,优于经典采样器如哈密顿蒙特卡洛(HMC)和朗之万蒙特卡洛(LMC)的梯度与评估复杂度。此外,在优化方面,我们实现了对非光滑及近似凸函数最小化问题的量子加速,这类问题常见于经验风险最小化。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We propose quantum algorithms that provide provable speedups for Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods commonly used for sampling from probability distributions of the form $π\propto e^{-f}$, where $f$ is a potential function. Our first approach considers Gibbs sampling for finite-sum potentials in the stochastic setting, employing an oracle that provides gradients of individual functions. In the second setting, we consider access only to a stochastic evaluation oracle, allowing simultaneous queries at two points of the potential function under the same stochastic parameter. By introducing novel techniques for stochastic gradient estimation, our algorithms improve the gradient and evaluation complexities of classical samplers, such as Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) and Langevin Monte Carlo (LMC) in terms of dimension, precision, and other problem-dependent parameters. Furthermore, we achieve quantum speedups in optimization, particularly for minimizing non-smooth and approximately convex functions that commonly appear in empirical risk minimization problems.

量子算法采样加速优化

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