Update plot to seaborn, add QAOA example

Author: Cryoris

benchmarks/benchmark.py

@@ -73,11 +73,13 @@ def run_benchmark(self, library_circuit, target_parameters='all', filename=None)
                 args = self.nreps * [(ansatz, operator, state_in, free_parameters,
                                       parameter_binds)]
 
-            # all_results = []
-            # for i, arg in enumerate(args):
-            #     all_results.append(single_run(arg))
-            with Pool(processes=NUM_PROCESSES) as pool:
-                all_results = pool.map(single_run, args)
+            if NUM_PROCESSES == 1:
+                all_results = []
+                for i, arg in enumerate(args):
+                    all_results.append(single_run(arg))
+            else:
+                with Pool(processes=NUM_PROCESSES) as pool:
+                    all_results = pool.map(single_run, args)
 
             # extract the results
             grad_runtimes, itgrad_runtimes = [], []
@@ -129,11 +131,12 @@ def plot(self, filename=None, saveas=None, show=False, cutoffs=None):
         else:
             data = self.load_benchmark(filename)
 
-        colors = ['tab:blue', 'tab:orange']
+        plt.style.use('seaborn')
+        colors = ['tab:blue', 'tab:green']
         markers = ['o', '^']
         linestyles = ['--', ':']
         methods = ['grad', 'itgrad']
-        labels = ['reference', 'reverse mode']
+        labels = ['standard', 'reverse mode']
         if cutoffs is None:
             cutoffs = [0, 0]
 
@@ -166,16 +169,16 @@ def plot(self, filename=None, saveas=None, show=False, cutoffs=None):
 
         handles, labels = plt.gca().get_legend_handles_labels()
         order = [2, 3, 0, 1]
-        plt.legend([handles[idx] for idx in order], [labels[idx] for idx in order], loc='best',
-                   ncol=2)
+        plt.legend([handles[idx] for idx in order], [labels[idx] for idx in order], 
+                   loc='upper left', ncol=2)
         # plt.legend(loc='best', ncol=2)
         plt.xticks([50, 100, 500], [r'$0.5 \cdot 10^2$',
                                     r'$10^2$', r'$0.5 \cdot 10^3$'])
         if saveas is None:
             saveas = f'ep_r{self.num_reps[0]}_{self.num_reps[-1]}.pdf'
 
-        plt.grid()
         plt.savefig('img/' + saveas, bbox_inches='tight')
+        plt.ylim(top=1e4)
         if show:
             plt.show()
 

benchmarks/featuremap.py

@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ def _build(self):
 def run_featuremap():
     circuit = Classification(4)
 
-    benchmark = Benchmark(2 ** np.arange(2, 5), H, 10)
+    benchmark = Benchmark(2 ** np.arange(2, 8), H, 24)
     benchmark.run_benchmark(circuit, 'free')
     benchmark.plot(show=True)

benchmarks/maxcut.py

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"""Maxcut example."""
+
+import numpy as np
+from qiskit.algorithms.minimum_eigen_solvers.qaoa.var_form import QAOAVarForm
+from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, ParameterVector
+from qiskit.circuit.parametertable import ParameterTable
+from qiskit.opflow import Z, I, H
+
+from .benchmark import Benchmark
+
+class QAOAAnsatz(QuantumCircuit):
+    """QAOA ansatz as a quantum circuit."""
+
+    def __init__(self, operator, reps=1):
+        self._reps = reps
+        self._operator = operator
+        super().__init__(operator.num_qubits)
+        self._build()
+
+    @property
+    def reps(self):
+        """Get the number of repetitions of the circuit."""
+        return self._reps
+
+    @reps.setter
+    def reps(self, value):
+        """Set the number of repetitions. Rebuilds the circuit."""
+        self._reps = value
+        self._build()  # rebuild
+
+    def assign_parameters(self, params, inplace=False):
+        """Assign parameters."""
+        if isinstance(params, (list, np.ndarray)):
+            params = dict(zip(self._params[:], params))
+
+        return super().assign_parameters(params, inplace=inplace)
+
+    @property
+    def ordered_parameters(self):
+        return self._params[:]
+
+    def _build(self):
+        # wipe current state
+        self._data = []
+        self._parameter_table = ParameterTable()
+
+        # get QAOA circuit
+        qaoa = QAOAVarForm(self._operator, self._reps)
+        params = ParameterVector('th', qaoa.num_parameters)
+        circuit = qaoa.construct_circuit(params)
+
+        # store the parameters in a list for assigning them
+        self._params = params
+
+
+        # combine the circuit
+        self.compose(circuit, inplace=True)
+
+
+def run_maxcut():
+    operator = (I ^ I ^ Z ^ Z) + (I ^ Z ^ I ^ Z) + (Z ^ I ^ I ^ Z) + (I ^ Z ^ Z ^ I)
+    circuit = QAOAAnsatz(operator)
+
+    benchmark = Benchmark(2 ** np.arange(2, 8), H, 24)
+    benchmark.run_benchmark(circuit, 'free')
+    benchmark.plot(show=True)

data/good/efficient_su2_q3_r4_128_a50.npy

@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ def _accumulate_product_rule(self, gradients):
 # pylint: disable=inconsistent-return-statements
 def _bind(circuits, parameter_binds, inplace=False):
     if not isinstance(circuits, list):
-        existing_parameter_binds = {
-            p: parameter_binds[p] for p in circuits.parameters}
+        existing_parameter_binds = {p: parameter_binds[p] for p in circuits.parameters}
         return circuits.assign_parameters(existing_parameter_binds, inplace=inplace)
 
     bound = []

data/good/efficient_su2_q5_r8_128_a24.npy

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, ParameterExpression
+from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, ParameterExpression, Parameter
 
 
 def split(circuit, parameters='all',
@@ -24,10 +24,18 @@ def split(circuit, parameters='all',
             params = op[0].params
         elif parameters == 'free':
             params = [param for param in op[0].params if isinstance(param, ParameterExpression)]
-        elif isinstance(parameters, ParameterExpression):
-            params = [parameters] if parameters in op[0].params else []
+        elif isinstance(parameters, Parameter):
+            if op[0].definition is not None:
+                free_op_params = op[0].definition.parameters
+            else:
+                free_op_params = {}
+            params = [parameters] if parameters in free_op_params else []
         elif isinstance(parameters, list):
-            params = [p for p in parameters if p in op[0].params]
+            if op[0].definition is not None:
+                free_op_params = op[0].definition.parameters
+            else:
+                free_op_params = {}
+            params = [p for p in parameters if p in free_op_params]
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError('Unsupported type of parameters:', parameters)