Computer systems and methods for quantum verification and validation

A method comprising:

• receiving information for a system to be tested;
• determining whether the system can be tested using a classical computer system;
• if the system cannot be tested using the classical computer system:
• generating a quantum allegory of the system in the form of a thermodynamical allegory from the information;
• and
• running the thermodynamical allegory in a quantum simulator as an oracle to the classical computer system to determine whether the system is likely to incur a failure during operation.

A processing system comprising:

• a quantum allegory generator configured to map information for a system undergoing verification and validation testing to a quantum allegory;
• a quantum computer system operable to execute the quantum allegory in forward and in reverse;
• and
• a results interpreter configured to determine that the system is likely to be free of errors within a specified probability when the quantum allegory generates repeatable solutions in forward and in reverse.