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Quantum Google algorithm

Construction and application to complex networks

The European Physical Journal Plus volume 129, Article number: 150 (2014) Cite this article

Abstract

We review the main findings on the ranking capabilities of the recently proposed Quantum PageRank algorithm (G.D. Paparo et al., Sci. Rep. 2, 444 (2012) and G.D. Paparo et al., Sci. Rep. 3, 2773 (2013)) applied to large complex networks. The algorithm has been shown to identify unambiguously the underlying topology of the network and to be capable of clearly highlighting the structure of secondary hubs of networks. Furthermore, it can resolve the degeneracy in importance of the low-lying part of the list of rankings. Examples of applications include real-world instances from the WWW, which typically display a scale-free network structure and models of hierarchical networks. The quantum algorithm has been shown to display an increased stability with respect to a variation of the damping parameter, present in the Google algorithm, and a more clearly pronounced power-law behaviour in the distribution of importance among the nodes, as compared to the classical algorithm.

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    G. D. Paparo, M. Müller & M. A. Martin-Delgado

  2. Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada IV, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034, Barcelona, Spain

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Contribution to the Focus Point “Quantum information and complexity” edited by S. Mancini, G. Marmo, S. Pascazio.

This contribution is based on the talk presented by G.D. Paparo at the workshop Noise Information & Complexity at Quantum Scale at the Ettore Majorana Centre, Erice (Sicily), Italy 6th–12th October 2013.

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Paparo, G.D., Müller, M., Comellas, F. et al. Quantum Google algorithm. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 129, 150 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14150-y

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Keywords

  • Quantum Algorithm
  • Connectivity Structure
  • Classical Algorithm
  • Stochastic Matrix
  • Quantum Walk