solve_qaoa

fireopal.solve_qaoa(problem, problem_type, credentials, backend_name=None)

Solve a QAOA problem.

Parameters:

• problem (Expr or nx.Graph) – The QAOA problem definition, represented as either an nx.Graph or sympy.Expr.

• problem_type (str) – The class of QAOA problem to solve.

• credentials (Credentials) – The credentials for running circuits on an IBM backend. Use the make_credentials_for_ibmq function from the credentials module to generate properly formatted credentials.

• backend_name (str, optional) – The backend device that should be used to run circuits. Defaults to None.

Returns:

Dict – The output of the solve qaoa workflow.

Return type:

Dict