The goal of this paper is the presentation of the elementary procedures that normally are done in nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics in terms of the principles of Machine Learning. In essence, this paper discusses Mitchell’s criteria, whose block fundamental dictates that the universal evolution of any system is composed by three fundamental steps: (i) Task, (ii) Performance and (iii) Experience. In this paper, the quantum mechanics formalism reflected on the usage of evolution operator and Green’s function are assumed to be part of mechanisms that are inherently engaged to the Machine Learning philosophy. The action for measuring observables through experiments and the intrinsic apparition of statistical or systematic errors are discussed in terms of “quantum learning”.
This paper proposes a hybrid model of machine learning, based at the principles of quantum mechanics in conjunction to Bayes theorem. With such construction, it is tested onto a scenario dictated by the Mitchell criteria. By assuming stochastic system whose main dependence is through time, the proposed model exhibits a high experience probability just at the beginning of processes. The results of this paper would corroborate the hypothesis that stochastic system might be strongly dependent at the very beginning or initial conditions.
A theory consisting in quantum mechanics and theorem of Bayes, is presented. In essence, the Bayes probability has been built from two subspaces. While in one some quantum measurements are done, in the another it is seen that the probabilities acquire their highest values. Thus, the validity of a prior probability makes sense is there is a clear difference between the done measurement of probability amplitude. Thus, the principles of machine learning compacted in the criteria of Tom Mitchell have been employed. The simulations have shown that the size of space has direct impact on the prior probability that presumably would get low values of probability in a limited subspace. These values have turned out to be strongly correlated to the times in which measurements are done in a big space. Therefore, it is evident the prospective applicability of this novel approach in all those scenarios that require of a quantum measurement in separated times.
Inside field of Machine Learning or ML one finds the formulation of artificial neural networks or ANN as a robust method to predict data under minimal bias. It constitutes a key procedure inside field of Artificial Intelligence that has demonstrated to be fast, efficient and autonomous in some cases. A deep understanding at the usage of ANN would lead to construct advanced as well as robust tools to predict behavior of systems. Mathematically speaking, once data has been trained, ML emerges as a powerful algorithm to predict unseen data but with a certain probability. Inspired in Quantum Mechanics being a theory fundamental in physic based at probabilities one can wonder if ANN based at the concept of perceptron might be improved through a mathematical methodology by using the formalism of Quantum Mechanics. The aim of paper is to explore novel mathematical mechanisms that would allow to fine the probabilities of prediction inside ML.
We derive the Hilbert space formalism of quantum mechanics from epistemic principles. A key assumption is that a physical theory that relies on entities or distinctions that are unknowable in principle gives rise to wrong predictions. An epistemic formalism is developed, where concepts like individual and collective knowledge are used, and knowledge may be actual or potential. The physical state
S corresponds to the collective potential knowledge. The state
S is a subset of a state space
S={Z}, such that
S always contains several elements
Z, which correspond to unattainable states of complete potential knowledge of the world. The evolution of
S cannot be determined in terms of the individual evolution of the elements
Z, unlike the evolution of an ensemble in classical phase space. The evolution of
S is described in terms of sequential time
n∈N, which is updated according to
n→n+1 each time potential knowledge changes. In certain experimental contexts
C, there is initial knowledge at time
n that a given series of properties
P,P′,… will be observed within a given time frame, meaning that a series of values
p,p′,… of these properties will become known. At time
n, it is just known that these values belong to predefined, finite sets
{p},{p′},…. In such a context
C, it is possible to define a complex Hilbert space
HC on top of
S, in which the elements are contextual state vectors
SˉC. Born's rule to calculate the probabilities to find the values
p,p′,… is derived as the only generally applicable such rule. Also, we can associate a self-adjoint operator
Pˉ with eigenvalues
{p} to each property
P observed within
C. These operators obey
[Pˉ,Pˉ′]=0 if and only if the precise values of
P and
P′ are simultaneoulsy knowable.
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