Glossary

Bayes factor

Statistical measure of performance between two models at explaining the same dataset

BF

See also

Bayes factor

EDH
ES
ET

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Exploration Tree

Experiment Design Heuristic

Mechanism to design informative experiments to perform upon the system from which the model training can learn. Defined in Experiment design heuristic.

Exploration Strategy

The mechanism by which a tree grows, specifying new models to consider, when to stop considering new models, how to remove models, etc.

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Defined in Exploration Strategy.

Exploration Tree

Unique tree associated with an individual Exploration Strategy.

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Defined in Structure.

global champion

Single model favoured by Quantum Model Learning Agent as the strongest candidate to represent the system.

Instance

A single implementation of QMLA.

See also

Defined in Structure.

Probe

Input state evolved by both the candidate model and system to draw comparisons between them. Defined in Probes.

QHL
QLE
QMLA
Quantum Hamiltonian Learning

Algorithm for learning the parameters of a given model.

Quantum Likelihood Estimation

Algorithm used to perform Bayesian inference during QHL

Quantum Model Learning Agent

Algorithm/framework for finding model of quantum system.

Run

A collection of instance s. Note that for a run, all instances must target the same system .

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Defined in Structure.

Run Results Directory

Directory to which results are stored for an individual run. Consists of results files for all the instance s in the run, as well as analyses on the model, instance and run levels.

System

The target system, i.e. underlying model. In simulation, this is used to generate the expectation values against which likelihood estimation occurs. In experiments, the form of the system is unknown, but data obtained from experiments are used in the likelihood estimation instead.

True Model

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system