Classification with Quantum Neural Networks on Near Term Processors

@article{Farhi2018ClassificationWQ,
  title={Classification with Quantum Neural Networks on Near Term Processors},
  author={Edward Farhi and Hartmut Neven},
  journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
  year={2018}
}
  • E. FarhiH. Neven
  • Published 16 February 2018
  • Physics, Computer Science
  • arXiv: Quantum Physics
We introduce a quantum neural network, QNN, that can represent labeled data, classical or quantum, and be trained by supervised learning. The quantum circuit consists of a sequence of parameter dependent unitary transformations which acts on an input quantum state. For binary classification a single Pauli operator is measured on a designated readout qubit. The measured output is the quantum neural network’s predictor of the binary label of the input state. We show through classical simulation… 
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