arxivquant-pheess.SYmath.OC2026-07-03
Nested-Loop Trajectory-Informed Variational Quantum Solver for Interior-Point OPF
Optimal power flow (OPF) solved by an interior-point method (IPM) requires repeatedly solving Newton linear systems. When variational quantum linear solvers (VQLS) are used, each IPM iteration involves an additional nested inner variational optimization loop, which can significan…