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The Journal of Supercomputing

Quantum image representation-based quantum neural networks for binary classification

Abhishek Tiwari, Shivanshu Siyanwal, Saiyam Sakhuja, Sachin Kumar, Pankaj Tyagi

Published Jun 11, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1007/s11227-026-08621-3

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