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International Conference on Trends in Quantum Computing and Emerging Business Technologies (TQCEBT)

Quantum Generative Adversarial Networks in the NISQ Era: A Survey of Architectures, Objectives, and Evaluation Practices (2023-2025)

Sakthi Prabhu Gunasekar, Prasanna Kumar Rangarajan

Published Apr 1, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1109/tqcebt67648.2026.11681572

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