Abstract:

Title: Adiabatic Quantum Computation

Paper 1: Adiabatic Quantum Algorithm for Search Engine Ranking

Authors: Silvano Garnerone, Paolo Zanardi, and Daniel A. Lidar

Reference: PRL 108, 230506 (2012)

Paper 2: Quantum annealing with manufactured spins

Authors: M. W. Johnson, et al.

Reference: Nature (London) 473, 194 (2011)

Paper 3: Does Adiabatic Quantum Optimization Fail for NP-Complete Problems?

Authors: Neil G. Dickson and M. H. S. Amin

Reference: PRL 106, 050502(2011)

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