arXiv:2603.21300quant-phcs.LG2026-03

提出新指标预测量子分类器在噪声下的表现,解决仿真与真实设备结果不符问题。

The Average Relative Entropy and Transpilation Depth determines the noise robustness in Variational Quantum Classifiers

  • 用平均相对熵差衡量分类器在噪声下的稳定性
  • 发现电路深度和相对熵差共同决定噪声鲁棒性
  • 适用于各类量子分类算法和真实量子设备

变分量子算法(VQAs)广泛应用于量子机器学习、优化和分子模拟。尽管专为嘈杂中等规模量子(NISQ)设备设计,但其性能通常依赖经典仿真评估,因真实设备结果不确定且资源有限,引发仿真可复现性担忧。已有研究显示特定浅层参数化电路具有噪声鲁棒性,但尚无明确标准界定“浅层”或最优电路深度。该问题在变分量子分类器(VQC)中尤为突出。本文提出基于相对熵的度量方法,用于验证VQC模型在噪声设备上的表现是否与仿真一致。我们发现:类别间平均相对熵差异、编译后电路深度与噪声设备上性能差异之间存在强相关性。结果表明,仅凭电路深度无法充分刻画浅层电路。我们在多种VQC实现方式、数据集及多个真实噪声量子设备上提供了实证支持。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) have been extensively researched for applications in Quantum Machine Learning (QML), Optimization, and Molecular simulations. Although designed for Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices, VQAs are predominantly evaluated classically due to uncertain results on noisy devices and limited resource availability. Raising concern over the reproducibility of simulated VQAs on noisy hardware. While prior studies indicate that VQAs may exhibit noise resilience in specific parameterized shallow quantum circuits, there are no definitive measures to establish what defines a shallow circuit or the optimal circuit depth for VQAs on a noisy platform. These challenges extend naturally to Variational Quantum Classification (VQC) algorithms, a subclass of VQAs for supervised learning. In this article, we propose a relative entropy-based metric to verify whether a VQC model would perform similarly on a noisy device as it does on simulations. We establish a strong correlation between the average relative entropy difference in classes, transpilation circuit depth, and their performance difference on a noisy quantum device. Our results further indicate that circuit depth alone is insufficient to characterize shallow circuits. We present empirical evidence to support these assertions across a diverse array of techniques for implementing VQC, datasets, and multiple noisy quantum devices.

量子机器学习噪声鲁棒性变分量子算法

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