Quantum annealing debugging systems and methods

A method of operation of a control system communicatively coupled to a quantum processor, the control system comprising at least one processor and at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium that stores at least one of processor-executable instructions or data, the method comprising:

• determining, by the control system, an annealing evolution schedule to perform a quantum annealing evolution computation on a problem representation in a quantum processor;
• causing, by the control system, a start of at least a first iteration of an annealing evolution of the quantum processor with the problem representation in accordance with the annealing evolution schedule;
• and
• at least once during a performance of the first iteration of the annealing evolution:
• determining, by the control system, at least one characteristic of the quantum processor at at least a first point in time between the start of the first iteration of the annealing evolution as specified by the annealing evolution schedule and before a completion of the first iteration of the annealing evolution as specified by the annealing evolution schedule;
• and
• causing, by the control system, a change in a rate of the annealing evolution of the quantum processor from a rate specified by a previous annealing evolution schedule based at least on part on the determined at least one characteristic of the quantum processor.

A system, comprising:

• a quantum processor;
• a control system communicatively coupled to the quantum processor, the control system comprising at least one processor and at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium that stores at least one of processor-executable instructions or data which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:
• determine an annealing evolution schedule to perform a quantum annealing evolution computation on a problem representation in a quantum processor;
• cause a start of at least a first iteration of an annealing evolution of the quantum processor with the problem representation in accordance with the annealing evolution schedule;
• and
• at least once during a performance of the first iteration of the annealing evolution:
• determine at least one characteristic of the quantum processor at at least a first point in time between the start of the first iteration of the annealing evolution as specified by the annealing evolution schedule and before a completion of the first iteration of the annealing evolution as specified by the annealing evolution schedule;
• and
• cause a change in a rate of the annealing evolution of the quantum processor from a rate specified by a previous annealing evolution schedule based at least on part on the determined at least one characteristic of the quantum processor.