Improving Quantum Multi-Objective Optimization with Archiving and Substitution

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.10952v1
• Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:39:30 GMT
• Title: Improving Quantum Multi-Objective Optimization with Archiving and Substitution
• Authors: Linus Ekstrøm, Takafumi Hosogi, Xavier Bonet-Monroig, Hao Wang, Thomas Bäck, Sebastian Schmitt,
• Abstract summary: We show that variational quantum multi-objective optimization (QMOO) algorithm might be advantageous on harder problems than its classical counterparts.<n>We use RMNK-landscapes as a unifying testbed for benchmarking QMOO, as it is common in classical multi-objective field.<n>Our results demonstrate that QMOO, when carefully tuned for the task at hand, might be advantageous on harder problems than its classical counterparts.
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• Abstract: Finding optimal solutions of conflicting objectives is a daily matter in many industrial applications, with multi-objective optimization trying to find the best solutions to them. The advent of quantum computing has led to researchers wondering if the promised exponential advantage can be obtained for these problems by variational quantum multi-objective optimization (QMOO) algorithm. Here, we improve it by introducing a Pareto Archive and dominated solutions substitution, clearly improving in hyper-volume convergence at additional quantum and classical cost. We propose the use of RMNK-landscapes as a unifying testbed for benchmarking QMOO, as it is common in classical multi-objective field. By devising a generic classical-to-quantum mapping of these landscapes, we perform a numerical hyperparameter tuning of QMOO, significantly enhancing its performance. Finally, we compare QMOO against well-known classical solvers for multi-objective tasks, NSGA-II/III, showing comparable results in small instances. Our results demonstrate that QMOO, when carefully tuned for the task at hand, might be advantageous on harder problems than its classical counterparts.

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