File size: 17,980 Bytes
8a46533
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
"""
knowledge_base.py
Single source of truth for the Quantum Algorithm Recommendation Engine (QARE).

Two consumers:
  1) generate_dataset.py  -> uses recommend() as the GROUND-TRUTH labeler.
  2) evaluation/baseline.py -> uses recommend() as the RULE-BASED baseline.

Facts are grounded in standard complexity-theory / NISQ-era hardware knowledge
(Nielsen & Chuang; Qiskit textbook; PennyLane demos; Preskill 'NISQ' 2018;
Shor 1994; Grover 1996; Farhi QAOA 2014; Peruzzo/McClean VQE 2014; Harrow-
Hassidim-Lloyd 2009). No copyrighted text is reproduced; only structured facts.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import Callable
import math

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Problem taxonomy
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
PROBLEM_TYPES = [
    "integer_factoring",
    "discrete_log",
    "unstructured_search",
    "combinatorial_optimization",   # MaxCut, TSP-like, portfolio
    "ground_state_energy",          # quantum chemistry / materials
    "eigenvalue_estimation",        # spectra, phase
    "linear_system",                # Ax=b
    "sampling",                     # boson/thermal/prob sampling
    "classification",               # supervised ML
    "graph_connectivity",           # search on graphs
    "simulation_dynamics",          # Hamiltonian time evolution
]

HARDWARE_TYPES = [
    "superconducting",   # IBM, Google
    "trapped_ion",       # IonQ, Quantinuum
    "neutral_atom",      # QuEra, Pasqal
    "photonic",          # Xanadu, PsiQuantum
    "annealer",          # D-Wave
    "simulator",         # statevector / classical sim
    "fault_tolerant",    # hypothetical FT device w/ logical qubits
]

NOISE_LEVELS = ["none", "low", "medium", "high"]  # none == FT / ideal sim


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Algorithm records
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@dataclass
class Algo:
    name: str
    category: str                       # e.g. "fault-tolerant", "variational", "annealing", "classical"
    solves: list[str]                   # PROBLEM_TYPES it targets
    nisq_friendly: bool                 # runs meaningfully on noisy near-term HW
    needs_fault_tolerance: bool
    hybrid: bool                        # classical/quantum loop
    # qubit requirement as a function of problem size n (returns int)
    qubits_fn: Callable[[int], int]
    # depth class as a function of n (returns rough gate depth); big => needs FT
    depth_fn: Callable[[int], int]
    hardware_fit: list[str]
    advantages: list[str]
    limitations: list[str]
    references: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)


def _poly(a, b=0, c=0):
    return lambda n: int(a * n * n + b * n + c) + 1


ALGOS: dict[str, Algo] = {
    "Shor": Algo(
        "Shor's Algorithm", "fault-tolerant",
        ["integer_factoring", "discrete_log"],
        nisq_friendly=False, needs_fault_tolerance=True, hybrid=False,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: 2 * n + 3,           # ~2n logical qubits for n-bit number
        depth_fn=_poly(1, 0, 0),                 # O(n^2 log n) ~ very deep
        hardware_fit=["fault_tolerant", "simulator"],
        advantages=["Exponential speedup over GNFS for factoring/DLP"],
        limitations=["Requires many low-error logical qubits", "Impractical on NISQ"],
        references=["Shor 1994", "Nielsen & Chuang ch.5"],
    ),
    "Grover": Algo(
        "Grover's Algorithm", "fault-tolerant",
        ["unstructured_search", "graph_connectivity"],
        nisq_friendly=False, needs_fault_tolerance=True, hybrid=False,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: n + 1,
        depth_fn=lambda n: int(math.pi / 4 * math.sqrt(2 ** min(n, 30))) + 1,
        hardware_fit=["fault_tolerant", "trapped_ion", "simulator"],
        advantages=["Quadratic speedup for unstructured search"],
        limitations=["Deep iterate; quadratic gain erased by NISQ noise",
                     "Rarely practical below fault tolerance"],
        references=["Grover 1996"],
    ),
    "QAOA": Algo(
        "QAOA", "variational",
        ["combinatorial_optimization", "graph_connectivity"],
        nisq_friendly=True, needs_fault_tolerance=False, hybrid=True,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: n,                   # 1 qubit per binary var
        depth_fn=lambda n: 2 * n,                # p-layer, shallow-ish
        hardware_fit=["superconducting", "trapped_ion", "neutral_atom", "simulator"],
        advantages=["Shallow tunable depth (p layers)", "NISQ-compatible"],
        limitations=["Barren plateaus at depth", "No proven speedup",
                     "Often matched by classical heuristics"],
        references=["Farhi et al. 2014"],
    ),
    "VQE": Algo(
        "VQE", "variational",
        ["ground_state_energy", "eigenvalue_estimation", "simulation_dynamics"],
        nisq_friendly=True, needs_fault_tolerance=False, hybrid=True,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: n,                   # ~1 qubit per spin-orbital
        depth_fn=lambda n: 4 * n,
        hardware_fit=["superconducting", "trapped_ion", "neutral_atom", "simulator"],
        advantages=["Leading NISQ chemistry method", "Shallow ansatz options"],
        limitations=["Barren plateaus", "Measurement overhead",
                     "Optimizer can stall"],
        references=["Peruzzo et al. 2014", "McClean et al. 2016"],
    ),
    "QPE": Algo(
        "Quantum Phase Estimation", "fault-tolerant",
        ["eigenvalue_estimation", "ground_state_energy", "simulation_dynamics"],
        nisq_friendly=False, needs_fault_tolerance=True, hybrid=False,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: n + 8,               # system + ancilla precision qubits
        depth_fn=_poly(0, 8, 0),
        hardware_fit=["fault_tolerant", "simulator"],
        advantages=["High-precision eigenvalues", "Backbone of many FT algos"],
        limitations=["Deep controlled-U", "Needs fault tolerance"],
        references=["Kitaev 1995", "Nielsen & Chuang ch.5"],
    ),
    "HHL": Algo(
        "HHL", "fault-tolerant",
        ["linear_system"],
        nisq_friendly=False, needs_fault_tolerance=True, hybrid=False,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: int(math.log2(max(n, 2))) + 10,
        depth_fn=_poly(0, 12, 0),
        hardware_fit=["fault_tolerant", "simulator"],
        advantages=["Exponential speedup for sparse, well-conditioned Ax=b (with caveats)"],
        limitations=["Strong assumptions (condition number, state prep, readout)",
                     "Impractical on NISQ", "Speedup often not end-to-end"],
        references=["Harrow, Hassidim, Lloyd 2009", "Aaronson 2015 (caveats)"],
    ),
    "QuantumWalk": Algo(
        "Quantum Walk Search", "fault-tolerant",
        ["graph_connectivity", "unstructured_search"],
        nisq_friendly=False, needs_fault_tolerance=True, hybrid=False,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: 2 * int(math.log2(max(n, 2))) + 2,
        depth_fn=_poly(0, 6, 0),
        hardware_fit=["fault_tolerant", "simulator"],
        advantages=["Speedups for element distinctness / graph search"],
        limitations=["Deep circuits", "Needs fault tolerance"],
        references=["Ambainis 2003", "Childs 2009"],
    ),
    "QuantumAnnealing": Algo(
        "Quantum Annealing", "annealing",
        ["combinatorial_optimization"],
        nisq_friendly=True, needs_fault_tolerance=False, hybrid=True,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: n,
        depth_fn=lambda n: 1,                    # analog, no gate depth
        hardware_fit=["annealer"],
        advantages=["Native QUBO/Ising solving", "Thousands of physical qubits available"],
        limitations=["Restricted to QUBO", "Embedding overhead",
                     "No proven asymptotic speedup"],
        references=["Kadowaki & Nishimori 1998", "D-Wave docs"],
    ),
    "QSVM": Algo(
        "Quantum Kernel / VQC (QML)", "variational",
        ["classification"],
        nisq_friendly=True, needs_fault_tolerance=False, hybrid=True,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: n,                   # ~1 qubit per feature
        depth_fn=lambda n: 3 * n,
        hardware_fit=["superconducting", "trapped_ion", "simulator"],
        advantages=["Access to high-dim feature maps"],
        limitations=["No general advantage shown", "Kernel concentration",
                     "Classical ML usually competitive"],
        references=["Havlicek et al. 2019", "Schuld & Killoran 2019"],
    ),
    "GaussianBosonSampling": Algo(
        "Gaussian Boson Sampling", "sampling",
        ["sampling"],
        nisq_friendly=True, needs_fault_tolerance=False, hybrid=False,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: n,                   # modes
        depth_fn=lambda n: n,
        hardware_fit=["photonic"],
        advantages=["Demonstrated sampling advantage on photonic HW"],
        limitations=["Narrow applicability", "Not general-purpose compute"],
        references=["Hamilton et al. 2017", "Zhong et al. 2020"],
    ),
    "Trotter": Algo(
        "Trotterized Hamiltonian Simulation", "digital-simulation",
        ["simulation_dynamics", "ground_state_energy"],
        nisq_friendly=True, needs_fault_tolerance=False, hybrid=False,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: n,
        depth_fn=lambda n: 6 * n,
        hardware_fit=["superconducting", "trapped_ion", "neutral_atom", "simulator"],
        advantages=["Direct simulation of local Hamiltonians", "Tunable accuracy via steps"],
        limitations=["Depth grows with time & accuracy", "Trotter error"],
        references=["Lloyd 1996", "Childs et al. 2018"],
    ),
    "SurfaceCode": Algo(
        "Surface-Code Error Correction", "error-correction",
        [],  # not a solver; recommended in EC scenarios
        nisq_friendly=False, needs_fault_tolerance=True, hybrid=False,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: 1000 * n,            # ~physical per logical, illustrative
        depth_fn=lambda n: n,
        hardware_fit=["superconducting", "neutral_atom"],
        advantages=["High threshold (~1%)", "2D nearest-neighbor layout"],
        limitations=["Large physical-qubit overhead"],
        references=["Fowler et al. 2012"],
    ),
    # Classical fallbacks (the correct answer when quantum isn't practical)
    "Classical": Algo(
        "Classical algorithm", "classical",
        PROBLEM_TYPES,
        nisq_friendly=True, needs_fault_tolerance=False, hybrid=False,
        qubits_fn=lambda n: 0,
        depth_fn=lambda n: 0,
        hardware_fit=["simulator"],
        advantages=["Mature, reliable, no quantum hardware needed"],
        limitations=["No quantum speedup"],
        references=["Cormen et al. (CLRS)", "Gurobi/CPLEX docs"],
    ),
}

# specific classical method names by problem (for nicer reasoning text)
CLASSICAL_METHOD = {
    "integer_factoring": "General Number Field Sieve (GNFS)",
    "discrete_log": "index calculus / Pollard's rho",
    "unstructured_search": "linear scan / hashing",
    "combinatorial_optimization": "simulated annealing / Gurobi (branch-and-bound)",
    "ground_state_energy": "coupled cluster (CCSD(T)) / DMRG",
    "eigenvalue_estimation": "Lanczos / dense LAPACK eigensolver",
    "linear_system": "conjugate gradient / sparse LU",
    "sampling": "MCMC (Metropolis-Hastings)",
    "classification": "gradient-boosted trees / SVM / neural nets",
    "graph_connectivity": "BFS/DFS / union-find",
    "simulation_dynamics": "tensor networks / classical ODE integrators",
}


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Problem instance
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@dataclass
class Problem:
    problem_type: str
    size: int                 # n: bits / variables / orbitals / features / nodes(log)
    available_qubits: int
    noise: str                # NOISE_LEVELS
    max_depth: int
    hardware: str             # HARDWARE_TYPES
    desired_accuracy: float   # 0..1 (target solution quality / precision)


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Core recommender (ground truth + baseline)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Which algorithms are candidates for each problem type, in preference order
CANDIDATES = {
    "integer_factoring": ["Shor", "Classical"],
    "discrete_log": ["Shor", "Classical"],
    "unstructured_search": ["Grover", "QuantumWalk", "Classical"],
    "combinatorial_optimization": ["QAOA", "QuantumAnnealing", "Classical"],
    "ground_state_energy": ["VQE", "QPE", "Trotter", "Classical"],
    "eigenvalue_estimation": ["QPE", "VQE", "Classical"],
    "linear_system": ["HHL", "Classical"],
    "sampling": ["GaussianBosonSampling", "Classical"],
    "classification": ["QSVM", "Classical"],
    "graph_connectivity": ["QuantumWalk", "Grover", "QAOA", "Classical"],
    "simulation_dynamics": ["Trotter", "VQE", "QPE", "Classical"],
}


def _feasible(algo: Algo, p: Problem) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
    """Return (feasible, reasons_it_fails)."""
    fails = []
    req_q = algo.qubits_fn(p.size)
    req_d = algo.depth_fn(p.size)

    if algo.name == "Classical algorithm":
        return True, []

    if req_q > p.available_qubits:
        fails.append(f"needs ~{req_q} qubits but only {p.available_qubits} available")

    # hardware compatibility
    if p.hardware not in algo.hardware_fit and p.hardware != "simulator":
        fails.append(f"not suited to {p.hardware} hardware")

    # fault tolerance vs noise
    if algo.needs_fault_tolerance and p.noise in ("low", "medium", "high") \
            and p.hardware not in ("fault_tolerant", "simulator"):
        fails.append("requires fault tolerance; current noise is prohibitive")

    # depth budget (skip for annealer analog / simulator ideal)
    if p.hardware not in ("annealer", "simulator") and req_d > p.max_depth:
        fails.append(f"needs depth ~{req_d} but budget is {p.max_depth}")

    # NISQ + high noise kills non-nisq-friendly algos
    if not algo.nisq_friendly and p.noise == "high":
        fails.append("high noise erases the theoretical advantage")

    return (len(fails) == 0), fails


def _confidence(algo: Algo, p: Problem, feasible: bool, n_fails: int) -> float:
    if not feasible:
        return round(max(0.15, 0.4 - 0.1 * n_fails), 2)
    base = 0.9 if algo.category in ("fault-tolerant", "annealing", "digital-simulation") else 0.75
    if algo.hybrid and p.noise in ("low", "none"):
        base += 0.05
    if p.hardware == "simulator":
        base += 0.05
    # accuracy pressure: variational methods lose confidence at very high accuracy demand
    if algo.category == "variational" and p.desired_accuracy > 0.95:
        base -= 0.15
    return round(min(0.98, base), 2)


def recommend(p: Problem) -> dict:
    """Ground-truth recommendation for a Problem. Returns the QARE output schema."""
    cands = CANDIDATES.get(p.problem_type, ["Classical"])
    scored = []
    for key in cands:
        algo = ALGOS[key]
        feas, fails = _feasible(algo, p)
        conf = _confidence(algo, p, feas, len(fails))
        scored.append((key, algo, feas, fails, conf))

    # Prefer a feasible quantum method with highest confidence; else fall to Classical.
    feasible_quantum = [s for s in scored if s[2] and s[0] != "Classical"]
    if feasible_quantum:
        feasible_quantum.sort(key=lambda s: -s[4])
        primary_key, primary, _, _, conf = feasible_quantum[0]
        quantum_practical = True
    else:
        primary_key, primary = "Classical", ALGOS["Classical"]
        conf = 0.9
        quantum_practical = False

    # Build ranked alternatives (exclude primary), keep order by confidence then list order
    alts = []
    for key, algo, feas, fails, c in scored:
        if key == primary_key:
            continue
        label = algo.name
        note = "feasible" if feas else "; ".join(fails)
        alts.append({"algorithm": label, "feasible": feas, "confidence": c, "note": note})

    # Reasoning
    if quantum_practical:
        why = (f"{primary.name} targets {p.problem_type.replace('_',' ')} and fits the "
               f"constraints: ~{primary.qubits_fn(p.size)} qubits (<= {p.available_qubits}), "
               f"depth within budget, and tolerates the stated {p.noise} noise on "
               f"{p.hardware} hardware. " + "; ".join(primary.advantages) + ".")
        limitations = primary.limitations
        hw_req = (f"~{primary.qubits_fn(p.size)} qubits, depth ~{primary.depth_fn(p.size)}, "
                  f"{'fault tolerance required' if primary.needs_fault_tolerance else 'NISQ-compatible'}")
        refs = primary.references
    else:
        method = CLASSICAL_METHOD.get(p.problem_type, "a classical solver")
        blockers = []
        for key, algo, feas, fails, c in scored:
            if key != "Classical" and fails:
                blockers.append(f"{ALGOS[key].name} ({fails[0]})")
        why = (f"No quantum method is practical here: " + "; ".join(blockers[:3]) +
               f". Use {method} on classical hardware until larger, lower-noise or "
               f"fault-tolerant devices are available.")
        limitations = ["No quantum speedup at this problem scale / hardware maturity"]
        hw_req = "classical CPU/GPU; 0 qubits"
        refs = ALGOS["Classical"].references

    return {
        "primary_algorithm": primary.name,
        "confidence": conf,
        "quantum_practical": quantum_practical,
        "reasoning": why,
        "alternatives": alts,
        "hardware_requirements": hw_req,
        "advantages": primary.advantages,
        "limitations": limitations,
        "references": refs,
    }


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import json
    demo = Problem("integer_factoring", size=1024, available_qubits=50,
                   noise="high", max_depth=100, hardware="superconducting",
                   desired_accuracy=0.99)
    print(json.dumps(recommend(demo), indent=2))