Guided QUBO code generation from natural language

A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein instructions that are executable by one or more hardware processors to perform:

• a method for generating QUBO (quadratic unconstrained binary optimization) problem source code, comprising:
• receiving a natural language description of a target optimization problem to be solved;
• based on the natural language description, performing a query to obtain a list that includes problems similar to the optimization problem;
• receiving a user selection of one of the problems in the list;
• either, retrieving penalties associated with the selected problem, or receiving a user indication that the penalties do not adequately conform with the target optimization problem;
• and
• when there is no receipt of the user indication, using the penalties, and the selected problem, to generate source code for a target QUBO problem that represents the target optimization problem.