Improving Quantum Neural Networks exploration by Noise-Induced Equalization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09428v1
• Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:53:42 GMT
• Title: Improving Quantum Neural Networks exploration by Noise-Induced Equalization
• Authors: Francesco Scala, Giacomo Guarnieri, Aurelien Lucchi,
• Abstract summary: We show that an optimal quantum noise level induces an equalization'' of variational parameters.<n>We report on extensive numerical simulations providing evidence of the beneficial noise effects in the neighborhood of the best equalization.
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• Abstract: Quantum noise is known to strongly affect quantum computation, thus potentially limiting the performance of currently available quantum processing units. Even models of quantum neural networks based on variational quantum algorithms, which were designed to cope with the limitations of state-of-the art noisy hardware capabilities, are affected by noise-induced barren plateaus, arising when the noise level becomes too strong. However, the generalization performances of such quantum machine learning algorithms can also be positively influenced by a proper level of noise, despite its generally detrimental effects. Here, we propose a pre-training procedure to determine the quantum noise level leading to desirable optimization landscape properties. We show that an optimal quantum noise level induces an ``equalization'' of variational parameters: the least important parameters gain relevance in the computation, while the most relevant ones lose it. We analyse this noise-induced equalization through the lens of the Quantum Fisher Information Matrix, thus providing a recipe that allows to estimate the noise level inducing the strongest equalization. Then, we report on extensive numerical simulations providing evidence of the beneficial noise effects in the neighborhood of the best equalization, often leading to improved generalization.

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