Quantum mechanical model-based system and method for global optimization

A global optimization method comprising:

• receiving a problem;
• employing a quantum mechanical tunneling technique in connection with determining an optimal solution of the problem from among a plurality of solutions;
• and,
• providing an output associated with the determined optimal solution.

A global optimization method comprising:

• receiving a one-dimensional function;
• modeling the one-dimensional function as a potential of a quantum mechanical particle;
• employing the model to determine an optimal solution of the one-dimensional function;
• and,
• providing an output associated with the determined optimal solution.

A global optimization method comprising:

• receiving a multi-dimensional function;
• modeling the multi-dimensional function as a potential of a quantum mechanical particle;
• employing the model to determine an optimal solution of the multi-dimensional function;
• and,
• providing an output associated with the determined optimal solution.

A computer readable medium storing computer executable components of a global optimization system comprising:

• an input component that receives a problem, the problem being based, at least in part, upon a mathematical function;
• an optimization component that employs a quantum mechanical tunneling technique in connection with determining an optimal solution of the problem from among a plurality of solutions, the determination being based, at least in part, upon utilities associated with the respective solutions;
• and,
• an output component that provides the optimal solution determined by the optimization component.