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International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and Science

Quantum-Enhanced Neural Networks for Binary Classification: Leveraging Quantum Features to Improve Machine Learning

Published Feb 3, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

Quantum computing and classical machine learning have recently converged, offering new avenues for improved classification tasks.This research explores the potential of quantum-enhanced neural networks for binary classification.It delves into the quantum feature encoding process, the architecture of quantumenhanced neural networks, extensive experiments on synthetic data, and discusses implications and future directions in this emerging field.

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10.56726/irjmets48969

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