Quantum mechanical model-based system and method for global optimization

A computer-implemented calculational method for finding a global optimization of a mathematical problem describing a specific problem comprising:

• receiving the mathematical problem describing a specific problem;
• employing a quantum mechanical tunneling technique in connection with determining an optimal solution of the problem from among a plurality of solutions, the optimal solution corresponding to an approximation of a ground state solution of a particle in a modeled quantum system;
• and,
• providing an output associated with the determined optimal solution to an output device.

A computer-implemented global optimization method comprising:

• receiving a one-dimensional function describing a specific problem;
• 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, the optimal solution corresponds to an approximation of a ground state solution of the potential of the quantum mechanical particle;
• and,
• providing an output associated with the determined optimal solution to an output device.

A computer-implemented method for global optimization of a mathematical function describing a specific problem comprising:

• receiving a multi-dimensional function describing a specific problem;
• 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, the optimal solution corresponds to an approximation of a ground state solution of the potential of the quantum mechanical particle;
• and,
• providing an output associated with the determined optimal solution to an output device.

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 describing a specific problem;
• 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, the optimal solution corresponds to an approximation of a ground state solution of a quantum system, localized to the global minimum of a modeled energy potential of a particle in the quantum system;
• and,
• an output component that provides the optimal solution determined by the optimization component to an output device.

A computer-implemented global optimization system comprising:

• means for inputting a problem, the problem being based, at least in part, upon a mathematical function describing a specific problem;
• means for providing an optimal solution of the problem from among a plurality of solutions based, at least in part, upon a quantum mechanical tunneling technique, the determination being based, at least in part, upon utilities associated with the respective solutions, the optimal solution corresponds to an approximation of a ground state solution of a quantum system, localized to the global minimum of a modeled energy potential of a particle in the quantum system;
• and,
• means for outputting the optimal solution.