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A method for optimizing at least one of a geometry, an implantation procedure, and/or stimulation protocol of one or more electrodes for an electrical stimulation of a target structure in a nervous system of a living being by a computer device, the method ...

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Quantum Error Correction and Simulation in Open Bosonic Systems

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Quantum computers have the potential to surpass conventional computing, but they are hindered by noise which induces errors that ultimately lead to the loss of quantum information. This necessitates the development of quantum error correction strategies fo ...

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Quantum process tomography with unsupervised learning and tensor networks

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Optimizing Quantum Compilers: Efficient and Effective Algorithms

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Quantum computing has made significant progress in recent years, with Google and IBM releasing quantum computers with 72 and 50 qubits, respectively. Google has also achieved quantum supremacy with its 54-qubit device, and IBM has announced the release of ...

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Self-correcting quantum many-body control using reinforcement learning with tensor networks

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In this paper, we study the rank-one convex hull of a differential inclusion associated to entropy solutions of a hyperbolic system of conservation laws. This was introduced in [B. Kirchheim, S. Muller and V. S(sic)ver & aacute;k, Studying Nonlinear PDE by ...

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Some Physical Implications Of Absolute Geometries In The Description Of Complex Systems Dynamics

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An unrefinement algorithm for planar THB-spline parameterizations

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This contribution explores the combined capabilities of reduced basis methods and IsoGeometric Analysis (IGA) in the context of parameterized partial differential equations. The introduction of IGA enables a unified simulation framework based on a single g ...

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Reproducibility dataset for CRYOWRF validation

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