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  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,399 Views
44 Pages

A Review of Quantum-Inspired Metaheuristic Algorithms for Automatic Clustering

  • Alokananda Dey,
  • Siddhartha Bhattacharyya,
  • Sandip Dey,
  • Debanjan Konar,
  • Jan Platos,
  • Vaclav Snasel,
  • Leo Mrsic and
  • Pankaj Pal

24 April 2023

In real-world scenarios, identifying the optimal number of clusters in a dataset is a difficult task due to insufficient knowledge. Therefore, the indispensability of sophisticated automatic clustering algorithms for this purpose has been contemplate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,094 Views
32 Pages

Segmenting brain tumors in 3D magnetic resonance imaging (3D-MRI) accurately is critical for easing the diagnostic and treatment processes. In the field of energy functional theory-based methods for image segmentation and analysis, level set methods...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,791 Views
23 Pages

Interpreting Housing Prices with a MultidisciplinaryApproach Based on Nature-Inspired Algorithms and Quantum Computing

  • Pierfrancesco De Paola,
  • Simone Previtera,
  • Benedetto Manganelli,
  • Fabiana Forte and
  • Francesco Paolo Del Giudice

Current technology still does not allow the use of quantum computers for broader and individual uses; however, it is possible to simulate some of its potentialities through quantum computing. Quantum computing can be integrated with nature-inspired a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
729 Views
26 Pages

24 November 2025

Strategic foresight often involves navigating deeply uncertain futures through scenario-based reasoning. Traditional methods rely on static narratives or probabilistic models, which fail to capture the dynamic, interacting, and nonexclusive nature of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
93 Citations
6,181 Views
24 Pages

A Novel Autonomous Perceptron Model for Pattern Classification Applications

  • Alaa Sagheer,
  • Mohammed Zidan and
  • Mohammed M. Abdelsamea

6 August 2019

Pattern classification represents a challenging problem in machine learning and data science research domains, especially when there is a limited availability of training samples. In recent years, artificial neural network (ANN) algorithms have demon...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,298 Views
28 Pages

29 July 2025

Industrial robots are undergoing a transformative shift as Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven and bio-inspired control strategies unlock new levels of precision, adaptability, and multi-dimensional sustainability aligned with Industry 5.0 (energy ef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,343 Views
23 Pages

28 December 2021

Particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) is an effective metaheuristic that can determine Pareto-optimal solutions. We propose an extended PSO by introducing quantum gates in order to ensure the diversity of particle populations that are looking f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,069 Views
36 Pages

The increasing need for high-resolution, real-time radiative transfer (RT) modeling in climate science, remote sensing, and planetary exploration has exposed limitations of traditional solvers such as the Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer (DISORT)...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,990 Views
19 Pages

Optimization is a crucial challenge across various domains, including finance, resource allocation, and mobility. Quantum computing has the potential to redefine the way we handle complex problems by reducing computational complexity and enhancing so...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,154 Views
54 Pages

Quantum and Quantum-Inspired Stereographic K Nearest-Neighbour Clustering

  • Alonso Viladomat Jasso,
  • Ark Modi,
  • Roberto Ferrara,
  • Christian Deppe,
  • Janis Nötzel,
  • Fred Fung and
  • Maximilian Schädler

20 September 2023

Nearest-neighbour clustering is a simple yet powerful machine learning algorithm that finds natural application in the decoding of signals in classical optical-fibre communication systems. Quantum k-means clustering promises a speed-up over the class...

  • Article
  • Open Access
725 Views
25 Pages

3 October 2025

Creative insight is a core phenomenon of human cognition, often characterized by the sudden emergence of novel and contextually appropriate ideas. Classical models based on symbolic search or associative networks struggle to capture the non-linear, c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
599 Views
44 Pages

24 December 2025

Iris recognition continues to pose challenges for deep learning models, despite its status as one of the most reliable biometric authentication techniques. These challenges become more pronounced when training data is limited, as subtle, high-dimensi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,790 Views
21 Pages

17 October 2023

The quantum-inspired genetic algorithm (QGA), which combines quantum mechanics concepts and GA to enhance search capability, has been popular and provides an efficient search mechanism. This paper proposes a modified QGA, called dynamic QGA (DQGA). T...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,940 Views
27 Pages

Marine-Inspired Multimodal Sensor Fusion and Neuromorphic Processing for Autonomous Navigation in Unstructured Subaquatic Environments

  • Chandan Sheikder,
  • Weimin Zhang,
  • Xiaopeng Chen,
  • Fangxing Li,
  • Yichang Liu,
  • Zhengqing Zuo,
  • Xiaohai He and
  • Xinyan Tan

28 October 2025

Autonomous navigation in GPS-denied, unstructured environments such as murky waters or complex seabeds remains a formidable challenge for robotic systems, primarily due to sensory degradation and the computational inefficiency of conventional algorit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,359 Views
22 Pages

To combat malicious domains, which serve as a key platform for a wide range of attacks, domain name service (DNS) data provide rich traces of Internet activities and are a powerful resource. This paper presents new research that proposes a model for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,728 Views
14 Pages

GVNS, which stands for General Variable Neighborhood Search, is an established and commonly used metaheuristic for the expeditious solution of optimization problems that belong to the NP-hard class. This paper introduces an expansion of the standard...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,704 Views
21 Pages

6 November 2022

In a chaotic system, deterministic, nonlinear, irregular, and initial-condition-sensitive features are desired. Due to its chaotic nature, it is difficult to quantify a chaotic system’s parameters. Parameter estimation is a major issue because...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,415 Views
18 Pages

Support Vector Machines with Quantum State Discrimination

  • Roberto Leporini and
  • Davide Pastorello

28 August 2021

We analyze possible connections between quantum-inspired classifications and support vector machines. Quantum state discrimination and optimal quantum measurement are useful tools for classification problems. In order to use these tools, feature vect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,775 Views
27 Pages

This paper starts with an updated review and analyzes recent developments in quantum-inspired algorithms for cybersecurity, with specific attention to possible perspectives of optimization. The enhancement of classical computing capabilities with qua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,819 Views
21 Pages

19 March 2023

Most of the existing quantum-inspired models are based on amplitude-phase embedding to model natural language, which maps words into Hilbert space. In quantum-computing theory, the vectors corresponding to quantum states are all complex values, so th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
807 Views
28 Pages

17 October 2025

This study proposes a new approach to identify structural parameters under seismic excitation using classical and quantum-inspired algorithms. Traditional methods often struggle with complex effects, noise, and computing limits. A five-story building...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,495 Views
31 Pages

Quantum technologies are increasingly pervasive, underpinning the operation of numerous electronic, optical and medical devices. Today, we are also witnessing rapid advancements in quantum computing and communication. However, access to quantum techn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
576 Views
38 Pages

15 December 2025

This paper introduces a novel quantum-inspired algorithm for numerical multiobjective optimization, uniquely integrating the multilevel structure of qudits with principles of controlled thermonuclear fusion. Moving beyond conventional qubit-based app...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
227 Views
13 Pages

Adaptive Fuzzy Control of Petroleum Extraction Columns Using Quantum-Inspired Optimization

  • Noilakhon Yakubova,
  • Komil Usmanov,
  • Feruzakhon Sadikova and
  • Shahnozakhon Sadikova

11 February 2026

The automation of petroleum extraction columns requires robust and adaptive control due to the highly nonlinear nature of the heat and mass transfer processes involved. In this study, a hybrid control system integrating conventional fuzzy logic with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,868 Views
21 Pages

15 August 2022

Parameter calibration is critical for self-localization based on dead reckoning in the control of intelligent vehicles such as autonomous driving. Most traditional calibration methods for robotics control based on dead reckoning rely on data collecti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,881 Views
12 Pages

17 September 2022

This paper proposes a quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (QiEA) to solve an optimal service-matching task-assignment problem. Our proposed algorithm comes with the advantage of generating always feasible population individuals and, thus, elimina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,085 Views
28 Pages

Quantum Inspired Task Optimization for IoT Edge Fog Computing Environment

  • Tariq Ahamed Ahanger,
  • Fadl Dahan,
  • Usman Tariq and
  • Imdad Ullah

28 December 2022

IoT-Edge-Fog Computing presents a trio-logical model for decentralized computing in a time-sensitive manner. However, to address the rising need for real-time information processing and decision modeling, task allocation among dispersed Edge Computin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
272 Views
11 Pages

Quantum-Inspired Classical Convolutional Neural Network for Automated Bone Cancer Detection from X-Ray Images

  • Naveen Joy,
  • Sonet Daniel Thomas,
  • Aparna Rajan,
  • Lijin Varghese,
  • Aswathi Balakrishnan,
  • Amritha Thaikkad,
  • Vidya Niranjan,
  • Abhithaj Jayanandan and
  • Rajesh Raju

25 February 2026

Accurate and early detection of bone cancer is critical for improving patient outcomes, yet conventional radiographic interpretation remains limited by subjectivity and variability. Conventional AI models often struggle with complex multi-modal noise...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,334 Views
29 Pages

21 August 2025

The rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) has enabled the implementation of interconnected intelligent systems in extremely dynamic contexts with limited resources. However, traditional paradigms, such as those using ECC-based heuristics...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,619 Views
27 Pages

4 September 2025

Accurate prediction of a robot’s dynamic parameters, including mass and moment of inertia, is essential for adequate motion planning and control in autonomous systems. Traditional methods often depend on manual computation or physics-based mode...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,144 Views
14 Pages

Quantum-Inspired Classification Algorithm from DBSCAN–Deutsch–Jozsa Support Vectors and Ising Prediction Model

  • Kodai Shiba,
  • Chih-Chieh Chen,
  • Masaru Sogabe,
  • Katsuyoshi Sakamoto and
  • Tomah Sogabe

1 December 2021

Quantum computing is suggested as a new tool to deal with large data set for machine learning applications. However, many quantum algorithms are too expensive to fit into the small-scale quantum hardware available today and the loading of big classic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,652 Views
20 Pages

2 January 2021

A distributed database model can be effectively optimized through using query optimization. In such a model, the optimizer attempts to identify the most efficient join order, which minimizes the overall cost of the query plan. Successful query proces...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,661 Views
16 Pages

15 November 2022

Quantum Machine Learning (QML) has not yet demonstrated extensively and clearly its advantages compared to the classical machine learning approach. So far, there are only specific cases where some quantum-inspired techniques have achieved small incre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
672 Views
46 Pages

Joint Hyperspectral Images and LiDAR Data Classification Combined with Quantum-Inspired Entangled Mamba

  • Davaajargal Myagmarsuren,
  • Aili Wang,
  • Haoran Lv,
  • Haibin Wu,
  • Gabor Molnar and
  • Liang Yu

18 December 2025

The multimodal fusion of hyperspectral images (HSI) and LiDAR data for land cover classification encounters difficulties in modeling heterogeneous data characteristics and cross-modal dependencies, leading to the loss of complementary information due...

  • Article
  • Open Access
876 Views
17 Pages

14 June 2025

Identifying influential nodes in complex networks is essential for a wide range of applications, from social network analysis to enhancing infrastructure resilience. While quantum walk-based methods offer potential advantages, existing approaches fac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,291 Views
48 Pages

26 September 2025

Forecasting national energy demand is challenging under climate variability and macroeconomic uncertainty. We assess whether hybrid Prophet–(Q)LSTM models that integrate climate and economic predictors improve long-horizon forecasts for The Net...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,945 Views
16 Pages

MapEff: An Effective Graph Isomorphism Agorithm Based on the Discrete-Time Quantum Walk

  • Kai Liu,
  • Yi Zhang,
  • Kai Lu,
  • Xiaoping Wang,
  • Xin Wang and
  • Guojing Tian

5 June 2019

Graph isomorphism is to determine whether two graphs have the same topological structure. It plays a significant role in areas of image matching, biochemistry, and information retrieval. Quantum walk, as a novel quantum computation model, has been em...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,357 Views
17 Pages

4 August 2025

Quantum finance, as a key application scenario of quantum computing, showcases multiple significant advantages of quantum machine learning over traditional machine learning methods. This paper first aims to overcome the limitations of the hidden quan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,842 Views
26 Pages

22 August 2023

Recently, a new field that combines metaheuristic algorithms and quantum computing has been created and is being applied to optimization problems in various fields. However, the application of quantum computing-based metaheuristic algorithms to the o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,884 Views
14 Pages

A Quantum Expectation Value Based Language Model with Application to Question Answering

  • Qin Zhao,
  • Chenguang Hou,
  • Changjian Liu,
  • Peng Zhang and
  • Ruifeng Xu

9 May 2020

Quantum-inspired language models have been introduced to Information Retrieval due to their transparency and interpretability. While exciting progresses have been made, current studies mainly investigate the relationship between density matrices of d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,901 Views
21 Pages

NeuroQ: Quantum-Inspired Brain Emulation

  • Jordi Vallverdú and
  • Gemma Rius

Traditional brain emulation approaches often rely on classical computational models that inadequately capture the stochastic, nonlinear, and potentially coherent features of biological neural systems. In this position paper, we introduce NeuroQ a qua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,170 Views
34 Pages

23 June 2025

Around the same time that 6G networks will be launched, advances in quantum computing could challenge existing cryptographic security. This study provides a new approach for designing a quantum-safe 6G security architecture powered by neurons. The fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,667 Views
31 Pages

The Quantum Double Delta Swarm (QDDS) Algorithm is a networked, fully-connected novel metaheuristic optimization algorithm inspired by the convergence mechanism to the center of potential generated within a single well of a spatially colocated double...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
3,935 Views
21 Pages

28 May 2021

The knapsack problem is one of the most widely researched NP-complete combinatorial optimization problems and has numerous practical applications. This paper proposes a quantum-inspired differential evolution algorithm with grey wolf optimizer (QDGWO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,856 Views
18 Pages

A Quantum-Inspired Ant Colony Optimization Approach for Exploring Routing Gateways in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

  • Jamal Khudair Madhloom,
  • Hussein Najm Abd Ali,
  • Haifaa Ahmed Hasan,
  • Oday Ali Hassen and
  • Saad Mohamed Darwish

28 February 2023

Establishing internet access for mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) is a job that is both vital and complex. MANET is used to build a broad range of applications, both commercial and non-commercial, with the majority of these apps obtaining access to int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,063 Views
27 Pages

1 September 2025

The coupling of quantum computing with multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) provides an exciting direction to tackle intricate decision-making tasks in high-dimensional spaces. This work introduces a new quantum-inspired multi-agent reinforcemen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
85 Citations
6,071 Views
19 Pages

31 May 2020

Traditionally, tamper-proof steganography involves using efficient protocols to encrypt the stego cover image and/or hidden message prior to embedding it into the carrier object. However, as the inevitable transition to the quantum computing paradigm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,458 Views
25 Pages

QUMA: Quantum Unified Medical Architecture Using Blockchain

  • Akoramurthy Balasubramaniam and
  • B. Surendiran

A significant increase in the demand for quality healthcare has resulted from people becoming more aware of health issues. With blockchain, healthcare providers may safely share patient information electronically, which is especially important given...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,998 Views
21 Pages

4 December 2020

Networks of picture processors is a massively distributed and parallel computational model inspired by the evolutionary cellular processes, which offers efficient solutions for NP-complete problems. This bio-inspired model computes two-dimensional st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,978 Views
26 Pages

Multi-Objective Quantum-Inspired Seagull Optimization Algorithm

  • Yule Wang,
  • Wanliang Wang,
  • Ijaz Ahmad and
  • Elsayed Tag-Eldin

Objective solutions of multi-objective optimization problems (MOPs) are required to balance convergence and distribution to the Pareto front. This paper proposes a multi-objective quantum-inspired seagull optimization algorithm (MOQSOA) to optimize t...

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