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International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Smart Systems (ICSCSS)

A Comparative Framework for Energy and Carbon Footprint Analysis in Classical and Quantum Machine Learning

Adwaitha V, Gowripriya S, K L Nisha

Published Jul 1, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1109/icscss69635.2026.11645924

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