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Programmable Quantum Annealers as Noisy Gibbs Samplers

Drawing independent samples from high-dimensional probability distributions represents the major computational bottleneck for modern algorithms, including powerful machine learning frameworks such as deep learning. The quest for discovering larger …

The Impacts of Convex Piecewise Linear Cost Formulations on AC Optimal Power Flow

Despite strong connections through shared application areas, research efforts on power market optimization (e.g., unit commitment) and power network optimization (e.g., optimal power flow) remain largely independent. A notable illustration of this is …

The Potential of Quantum Annealing for Rapid Solution Structure Identification

The recent emergence of novel computational devices, such as quantum computers, neuromorphic co-processors and digital annealers presents new opportunities for hardware accelerated hybrid optimization algorithms. Unfortunately, demonstrations of …

The Power Grid Library for Benchmarking AC Optimal Power Flow Algorithms

In recent years, the power systems research community has seen an explosion of novel methods for formulating the AC power flow equations. Consequently, benchmarking studies using the seminal AC Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF) problem have emerged as the …

NESTA, The NICTA Energy System Test Case Archive

In recent years the power systems research community has seen an explosion of work applying operations research techniques to challenging power network optimization problems. Regardless of the application under consideration, all of these works rely …