为量子学习中的测量预算分配提供可证明的最优策略
Measurement-Budget Allocation in Quantum Learning with Finite-Shot Generalization Guarantees

- 提出分离样本与采样次数影响的泛化界,指导预算分配
- 推导出最优分配规则:n* = 2√(2dB/log(2B/δ)),实现B⁻¹ᐟ⁴最坏情况率
- 适用于近中期量子系统预实验规划,尤其适合小样本场景
在近期量子硬件上,估计玻恩概率需重复执行电路。固定测量预算 B 时,必须决定使用多少个不同训练态 n 及每个态分配多少次采样 S。本文研究二分类量子分类器在固定或独立选择测量算子 M 时的这一权衡,理想得分是 Tr(Mρ)。我们证明了一个无分布泛化界,将有限样本与有限采样贡献分开:样本项为 √(d/n),采样项为 √((log n)/S);在约束 B = nS 下,二者此消彼长。最小化保守闭式代理界,得出分配规则 n* = 2√(2dB/log(2B/δ)),S* = B/n*。该代理界具有与精确最小化器相同的渐近量级,并达到最坏情况率 B⁻¹ᐟ⁴。该保证故意保守,因其适用于所有二元量子测量类别。通过 PennyLane 对九个合成二分类基准的 2-和 4-量子比特变分电路仿真验证,所有配置下单侧经验泛化差距均低于理论界。结果为近中期量子学习系统的有限采样评估与预实验规划提供了保守统计指南,补充了硬件级调度与电路设计考量。完全自适应噪声训练下的推广保证扩展仍为开放问题。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
On near-term quantum hardware, estimating a Born probability requires repeated circuit executions. A quantum learning experiment with a fixed measurement budget $B$ must therefore decide how many distinct training states $n$ to use and how many shots $S$ to allocate to each state. We study this tradeoff for binary quantum classifiers with fixed or independently selected measurement operators $M$, where the ideal score is $\Tr(Mρ)$. We prove a distribution-free generalization bound that separates the finite-sample and finite-shot contributions. The sample term scales as $\sqrt{d/n}$, while the shot term scales as $\sqrt{(\log n)/S}$; under the constraint $B=nS$, these two terms move in opposite directions. Minimising a conservative closed-form surrogate of the bound gives the allocation rule $\nstar = 2\sqrt{2dB/\log(2B/δ)}$ and $\Sstar = B/\nstar$. This surrogate has the same asymptotic scaling as the exact minimizer and yields a worst-case rate of $B^{-1/4}$. The guarantee is intentionally conservative, since it applies to the full class of binary quantum measurements. We complement the theory with PennyLane simulations using 2-qubit and 4-qubit variational quantum circuits on nine synthetic binary classification benchmarks. In all tested configurations, the one-sided empirical generalization gap remains below the theoretical bound. The result provides a conservative statistical guideline for allocating measurement budgets in finite-shot evaluation and pre-experimental planning for near-term quantum learning systems, complementing hardware-level scheduling and circuit-design considerations. Extending the guarantee to fully adaptive shot-noisy training remains an open problem.
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