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ArticleScientific reports2023

An optimization case study for solving a transport robot scheduling problem on quantum-hybrid and quantum-inspired hardware.

Dominik Leib, Tobias Seidel, Sven Jäger, Raoul Heese, Caitlin Jones, Abhishek Awasthi, Astrid Niederle, Michael Bortz

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Dominik LeibFraunhofer ITWM, Optimization Department, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany. dominik.leib@itwm.fraunhofer.de.
Tobias SeidelFraunhofer ITWM, Optimization Department, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Sven JägerFraunhofer ITWM, Optimization Department, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Raoul HeeseFraunhofer ITWM, Optimization Department, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Caitlin JonesBASF Digital Solutions GmbH, 67061, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
Abhishek AwasthiBASF Digital Solutions GmbH, 67061, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
Astrid NiederleBASF SE, 67061, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
Michael BortzFraunhofer ITWM, Optimization Department, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

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We present a comprehensive case study comparing the performance of D-Waves' quantum-classical hybrid framework, Fujitsu's quantum-inspired digital annealer, and Gurobi's state-of-the-art classical solver in solving a transport robot scheduling problem. This problem originates from an industrially relevant real-world scenario. We provide three different models for our problem following different design philosophies. In our benchmark, we focus on the solution quality and end-to-end runtime of different model and solver combinations. We find promising results for the digital annealer and some opportunities for the hybrid quantum annealer in direct comparison with Gurobi. Our study provides insights into the workflow for solving an application-oriented optimization problem with different strategies, and can be useful for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.

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