QUBO Resolution of the Job Reassignment Problem

Abstract

We present a subproblemation scheme for heuristical solving of the JSP (Job Reassignment Problem). The cost function of the JSP is described via a QUBO hamiltonian to allow implementation in both gate-based and annealing quantum computers. For a job pool of $K$ jobs, $\mathcal{O}(K^2)$ binary variables -- qubits -- are needed to solve the full problem, for a runtime of $\mathcal{O}(2^{K^2})$. With the presented heuristics, the average variable number of each of the $D$ subproblems to solve is $\mathcal{O}(K^2/2D)$, and the expected total runtime $\mathcal{O}(D2^{K^2/2D})$, achieving an exponential speedup.