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New continuous relaxation method simplifies Ising problems for gradient-based optimization

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Researchers have developed a novel continuous relaxation technique for Ising problems, which are foundational to many complex combinatorial challenges like MAX-CUT and Number Partitioning. This new method establishes a direct correspondence between the local minima of the relaxation and the original problem's one-flip minima. By transforming the Ising problem into finding local minima of a smooth function, the approach enables the use of gradient-based optimizers such as ADAM, demonstrating scalability and strong performance on various benchmarks. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more efficient solutions for complex optimization problems relevant to AI, potentially improving performance in areas like machine learning and operations research.

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New continuous relaxation method simplifies Ising problems for gradient-based optimization

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Debraj Banerjee, Santanu Mahapatra, Kunal N. Chaudhury ·

    Local-Minima-Preserving Continuous Relaxation of Ising Problems

    arXiv:2606.30333v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The generalized Ising problem captures a broad spectrum of hard combinatorial problems, including MAX-CUT, Number Partitioning (NPP), and Maximum Independent Set. In this work, we consider the notion of one-flip local minima for t…

  2. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Kunal N. Chaudhury ·

    Local-Minima-Preserving Continuous Relaxation of Ising Problems

    The generalized Ising problem captures a broad spectrum of hard combinatorial problems, including MAX-CUT, Number Partitioning (NPP), and Maximum Independent Set. In this work, we consider the notion of one-flip local minima for this problem. We construct a polynomial relaxation …

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