On the Importance of Fundamental Properties in Quantum-Classical Machine Learning Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10161v1
• Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:18:53 GMT
• Title: On the Importance of Fundamental Properties in Quantum-Classical Machine Learning Models
• Authors: Silvie Illésová, Tomasz Rybotycki, Piotr Gawron, Martin Beseda,
• Abstract summary: We present a systematic study of how quantum circuit design affects the performance of hybrid quantum-classical neural networks on a causal classification task.<n>The architecture combines a convolutional neural network for classical feature extraction with a parameterized quantum circuit acting as the quantum layer.<n>Results show that increasing the number of ansatz repetitions improves generalization and training stability, though benefits tend to plateau beyond a certain depth.<n>The choice of feature mapping is even more critical: only encodings with multi-axis Pauli rotations enable successful learning, while simpler maps lead to underfitting or loss of class separability.
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• Abstract: We present a systematic study of how quantum circuit design, specifically the depth of the variational ansatz and the choice of quantum feature mapping, affects the performance of hybrid quantum-classical neural networks on a causal classification task. The architecture combines a convolutional neural network for classical feature extraction with a parameterized quantum circuit acting as the quantum layer. We evaluate multiple ansatz depths and nine different feature maps. Results show that increasing the number of ansatz repetitions improves generalization and training stability, though benefits tend to plateau beyond a certain depth. The choice of feature mapping is even more critical: only encodings with multi-axis Pauli rotations enable successful learning, while simpler maps lead to underfitting or loss of class separability. Principal Component Analysis and silhouette scores reveal how data distributions evolve across network stages. These findings offer practical guidance for designing quantum circuits in hybrid models. All source codes and evaluation tools are publicly available.

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