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ArticleScience advances2021

High-performance combinatorial optimization based on classical mechanics.

Hayato Goto, Kotaro Endo, Masaru Suzuki, Yoshisato Sakai, Taro Kanao, Yohei Hamakawa, Ryo Hidaka, Masaya Yamasaki, Kosuke Tatsumura

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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Hayato GotoCorporate Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan. hayato1.goto@toshiba.co.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-6620
Kotaro EndoSoftware Systems Research and Development Center, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, 72-34 Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8585, Japan.
Masaru SuzukiICT Solutions Division, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, 72-34 Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8585, Japan.
Yoshisato SakaiCorporate Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan.
Taro KanaoCorporate Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3462-8288
Yohei HamakawaCorporate Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan.
Ryo HidakaCorporate Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan.
Masaya YamasakiCorporate Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7867-9605
Kosuke TatsumuraCorporate Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0511-443X

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Abstract

Quickly obtaining optimal solutions of combinatorial optimization problems has tremendous value but is extremely difficult. Thus, various kinds of machines specially designed for combinatorial optimization have recently been proposed and developed. Toward the realization of higher-performance machines, here, we propose an algorithm based on classical mechanics, which is obtained by modifying a previously proposed algorithm called simulated bifurcation. Our proposed algorithm allows us to achieve not only high speed by parallel computing but also high solution accuracy for problems with up to one million binary variables. Benchmarking shows that our machine based on the algorithm achieves high performance compared to recently developed machines, including a quantum annealer using a superconducting circuit, a coherent Ising machine using a laser, and digital processors based on various algorithms. Thus, high-performance combinatorial optimization is realized by massively parallel implementations of the proposed algorithm based on classical mechanics.

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