Systems and methods for problem solving, useful for example in quantum computing

A computational system, comprising:

• at least one processor-based controller, the at least one processor-based controller communicatively coupled to at least one heuristic optimizer which in operation for each of one or more iterations generates a plurality of samples as potential solutions of a problem, the at least one heuristic optimizer executed by at least one processor, the at least one processor-based controller operatively coupled to at least one non-quantum post-processing processor-based device, the at least one processor-based controller which in use for each of the one or more iterations:
• causes an execution of at least one post-processing operation on the plurality of samples by the at least one post-processing processor-based device to generate a set of post-processing results;
• determines whether to modify the problem based at least in part on the set of post-processing results;
• upon determining to modify the problem based at least in part on the set of post-processing results, causes the problem to be modified and initiates a further iteration.

A computational system, comprising:

• at least one processor-based device which includes:
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and which stores at least one of processor-executable instructions or data, and which when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor, for each of a number of problems to:
• perform a pre-processing assessment of the problem by a processor-based device;
• select, by the processor-based device, at least one heuristic optimizer from a plurality of heuristic optimizers based at least in part on the pre-processing assessment of the problem;
• and
• cause the problem to be optimized by the at least one selected heuristic optimizer.