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Paul Massey1, John A Clark, Susan Stepney
1Department of Computer Science, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK. psm111@cs.york.ac.uk
Abstract:
We show how Genetic Programming (GP) can be used to evolve useful quantum computing artefacts of increasing sophistication and usefulness: firstly specific quantum circuits, then quantum programs, and finally system-independent quantum algorithms. We conclude the paper by presenting a human-competitive Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT) algorithm evolved by GP.
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