SamplerBackend

Module: iqm.qaoa.backends

class iqm.qaoa.backends.SamplerBackend

Bases: ABC

The ABC for sampler backends, i.e., those returning samples from the QAOA.

Methods

sample

The abstract method for sample() of backends subclassed from SamplerBackend.

abstract sample(qaoa_object, shots)

The abstract method for sample() of backends subclassed from SamplerBackend.

Parameters:

• qaoa_object (QUBOQAOA) – A QAOA object to be sampled from.

• shots (int) – The number of individual samples to take.

Returns:

A dictionary of samples. The keys are bitstrings and the values are their counts (which should add up to shots)

Return type:

dict[str, int]

Inheritance