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"""
Abstract base class of gradient for ``Estimator``.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from collections.abc import Sequence
from copy import copy
import numpy as np
from qiskit.circuit import Parameter, ParameterExpression, QuantumCircuit
from qiskit.primitives import BaseEstimator
from qiskit.primitives.utils import _circuit_key
from qiskit.providers import Options
from qiskit.quantum_info.operators.base_operator import BaseOperator
from qiskit.transpiler.passes import TranslateParameterizedGates
from .estimator_gradient_result import EstimatorGradientResult
from ..utils import (
DerivativeType,
GradientCircuit,
_assign_unique_parameters,
_make_gradient_parameters,
_make_gradient_parameter_values,
)
from ...algorithm_job import AlgorithmJob
[docs]class BaseEstimatorGradient(ABC):
"""Base class for an ``EstimatorGradient`` to compute the gradients of the expectation value."""
def __init__(
self,
estimator: BaseEstimator,
options: Options | None = None,
derivative_type: DerivativeType = DerivativeType.REAL,
):
r"""
Args:
estimator: The estimator used to compute the gradients.
options: Primitive backend runtime options used for circuit execution.
The order of priority is: options in ``run`` method > gradient's
default options > primitive's default setting.
Higher priority setting overrides lower priority setting
derivative_type: The type of derivative. Can be either ``DerivativeType.REAL``
``DerivativeType.IMAG``, or ``DerivativeType.COMPLEX``.
- ``DerivativeType.REAL`` computes :math:`2 \mathrm{Re}[⟨ψ(ω)|O(θ)|dω ψ(ω)〉]`.
- ``DerivativeType.IMAG`` computes :math:`2 \mathrm{Im}[⟨ψ(ω)|O(θ)|dω ψ(ω)〉]`.
- ``DerivativeType.COMPLEX`` computes :math:`2 ⟨ψ(ω)|O(θ)|dω ψ(ω)〉`.
Defaults to ``DerivativeType.REAL``, as this yields e.g. the commonly-used energy
gradient and this type is the only supported type for function-level schemes like
finite difference.
"""
self._estimator: BaseEstimator = estimator
self._default_options = Options()
if options is not None:
self._default_options.update_options(**options)
self._derivative_type = derivative_type
self._gradient_circuit_cache: dict[
tuple,
GradientCircuit,
] = {}
@property
def derivative_type(self) -> DerivativeType:
"""Return the derivative type (real, imaginary or complex).
Returns:
The derivative type.
"""
return self._derivative_type
[docs] def run(
self,
circuits: Sequence[QuantumCircuit],
observables: Sequence[BaseOperator],
parameter_values: Sequence[Sequence[float]],
parameters: Sequence[Sequence[Parameter] | None] | None = None,
**options,
) -> AlgorithmJob:
"""Run the job of the estimator gradient on the given circuits.
Args:
circuits: The list of quantum circuits to compute the gradients.
observables: The list of observables.
parameter_values: The list of parameter values to be bound to the circuit.
parameters: The sequence of parameters to calculate only the gradients of
the specified parameters. Each sequence of parameters corresponds to a circuit in
``circuits``. Defaults to None, which means that the gradients of all parameters in
each circuit are calculated. None in the sequence means that the gradients of all
parameters in the corresponding circuit are calculated.
options: Primitive backend runtime options used for circuit execution.
The order of priority is: options in ``run`` method > gradient's
default options > primitive's default setting.
Higher priority setting overrides lower priority setting
Returns:
The job object of the gradients of the expectation values. The i-th result corresponds to
``circuits[i]`` evaluated with parameters bound as ``parameter_values[i]``. The j-th
element of the i-th result corresponds to the gradient of the i-th circuit with respect
to the j-th parameter.
Raises:
ValueError: Invalid arguments are given.
"""
if isinstance(circuits, QuantumCircuit):
# Allow a single circuit to be passed in.
circuits = (circuits,)
if isinstance(observables, (BaseOperator)):
# Allow a single observable to be passed in.
observables = (observables,)
if parameters is None:
# If parameters is None, we calculate the gradients of all parameters in each circuit.
parameters = [circuit.parameters for circuit in circuits]
else:
# If parameters is not None, we calculate the gradients of the specified parameters.
# None in parameters means that the gradients of all parameters in the corresponding
# circuit are calculated.
parameters = [
params if params is not None else circuits[i].parameters
for i, params in enumerate(parameters)
]
# Validate the arguments.
self._validate_arguments(circuits, observables, parameter_values, parameters)
# The priority of run option is as follows:
# options in ``run`` method > gradient's default options > primitive's default setting.
opts = copy(self._default_options)
opts.update_options(**options)
# Run the job.
job = AlgorithmJob(
self._run, circuits, observables, parameter_values, parameters, **opts.__dict__
)
job.submit()
return job
@abstractmethod
def _run(
self,
circuits: Sequence[QuantumCircuit],
observables: Sequence[BaseOperator],
parameter_values: Sequence[Sequence[float]],
parameters: Sequence[Sequence[Parameter]],
**options,
) -> EstimatorGradientResult:
"""Compute the estimator gradients on the given circuits."""
raise NotImplementedError()
def _preprocess(
self,
circuits: Sequence[QuantumCircuit],
parameter_values: Sequence[Sequence[float]],
parameters: Sequence[Sequence[Parameter]],
supported_gates: Sequence[str],
) -> tuple[Sequence[QuantumCircuit], Sequence[Sequence[float]], Sequence[Sequence[Parameter]]]:
"""Preprocess the gradient. This makes a gradient circuit for each circuit. The gradient
circuit is a transpiled circuit by using the supported gates, and has unique parameters.
``parameter_values`` and ``parameters`` are also updated to match the gradient circuit.
Args:
circuits: The list of quantum circuits to compute the gradients.
parameter_values: The list of parameter values to be bound to the circuit.
parameters: The sequence of parameters to calculate only the gradients of the specified
parameters.
supported_gates: The supported gates used to transpile the circuit.
Returns:
The list of gradient circuits, the list of parameter values, and the list of parameters.
parameter_values and parameters are updated to match the gradient circuit.
"""
translator = TranslateParameterizedGates(supported_gates)
g_circuits: list[QuantumCircuit] = []
g_parameter_values: list[Sequence[float]] = []
g_parameters: list[Sequence[Parameter]] = []
for circuit, parameter_value_, parameters_ in zip(circuits, parameter_values, parameters):
circuit_key = _circuit_key(circuit)
if circuit_key not in self._gradient_circuit_cache:
unrolled = translator(circuit)
self._gradient_circuit_cache[circuit_key] = _assign_unique_parameters(unrolled)
gradient_circuit = self._gradient_circuit_cache[circuit_key]
g_circuits.append(gradient_circuit.gradient_circuit)
g_parameter_values.append(
_make_gradient_parameter_values( # type: ignore[arg-type]
circuit, gradient_circuit, parameter_value_
)
)
g_parameters.append(_make_gradient_parameters(gradient_circuit, parameters_))
return g_circuits, g_parameter_values, g_parameters
def _postprocess(
self,
results: EstimatorGradientResult,
circuits: Sequence[QuantumCircuit],
parameter_values: Sequence[Sequence[float]],
parameters: Sequence[Sequence[Parameter]],
) -> EstimatorGradientResult:
"""Postprocess the gradients. This method computes the gradient of the original circuits
by applying the chain rule to the gradient of the circuits with unique parameters.
Args:
results: The computed gradients for the circuits with unique parameters.
circuits: The list of original circuits submitted for gradient computation.
parameter_values: The list of parameter values to be bound to the circuits.
parameters: The sequence of parameters to calculate only the gradients of the specified
parameters.
Returns:
The gradients of the original circuits.
"""
gradients, metadata = [], []
for idx, (circuit, parameter_values_, parameters_) in enumerate(
zip(circuits, parameter_values, parameters)
):
gradient = np.zeros(len(parameters_))
if (
"derivative_type" in results.metadata[idx]
and results.metadata[idx]["derivative_type"] == DerivativeType.COMPLEX
):
# If the derivative type is complex, cast the gradient to complex.
gradient = gradient.astype("complex")
gradient_circuit = self._gradient_circuit_cache[_circuit_key(circuit)]
g_parameters = _make_gradient_parameters(gradient_circuit, parameters_)
# Make a map from the gradient parameter to the respective index in the gradient.
g_parameter_indices = {param: i for i, param in enumerate(g_parameters)}
# Compute the original gradient from the gradient of the gradient circuit
# by using the chain rule.
for i, parameter in enumerate(parameters_):
for g_parameter, coeff in gradient_circuit.parameter_map[parameter]:
# Compute the coefficient
if isinstance(coeff, ParameterExpression):
local_map = {
p: parameter_values_[circuit.parameters.data.index(p)]
for p in coeff.parameters
}
bound_coeff = coeff.bind(local_map)
else:
bound_coeff = coeff
# The original gradient is a sum of the gradients of the parameters in the
# gradient circuit multiplied by the coefficients.
gradient[i] += (
float(bound_coeff)
* results.gradients[idx][g_parameter_indices[g_parameter]]
)
gradients.append(gradient)
metadata.append({"parameters": parameters_})
return EstimatorGradientResult(
gradients=gradients, metadata=metadata, options=results.options
)
@staticmethod
def _validate_arguments(
circuits: Sequence[QuantumCircuit],
observables: Sequence[BaseOperator],
parameter_values: Sequence[Sequence[float]],
parameters: Sequence[Sequence[Parameter]],
) -> None:
"""Validate the arguments of the ``run`` method.
Args:
circuits: The list of quantum circuits to compute the gradients.
observables: The list of observables.
parameter_values: The list of parameter values to be bound to the circuit.
parameters: The sequence of parameters to calculate only the gradients of the specified
parameters.
Raises:
ValueError: Invalid arguments are given.
"""
if len(circuits) != len(parameter_values):
raise ValueError(
f"The number of circuits ({len(circuits)}) does not match "
f"the number of parameter value sets ({len(parameter_values)})."
)
for i, (circuit, parameter_value) in enumerate(zip(circuits, parameter_values)):
if not circuit.num_parameters:
raise ValueError(f"The {i}-th circuit is not parameterised.")
if len(parameter_value) != circuit.num_parameters:
raise ValueError(
f"The number of values ({len(parameter_value)}) does not match "
f"the number of parameters ({circuit.num_parameters}) for the {i}-th circuit."
)
if len(circuits) != len(observables):
raise ValueError(
f"The number of circuits ({len(circuits)}) does not match "
f"the number of observables ({len(observables)})."
)
for i, (circuit, observable) in enumerate(zip(circuits, observables)):
if circuit.num_qubits != observable.num_qubits:
raise ValueError(
f"The number of qubits of the {i}-th circuit ({circuit.num_qubits}) does "
f"not match the number of qubits of the {i}-th observable "
f"({observable.num_qubits})."
)
if len(circuits) != len(parameters):
raise ValueError(
f"The number of circuits ({len(circuits)}) does not match "
f"the number of the list of specified parameters ({len(parameters)})."
)
for i, (circuit, parameters_) in enumerate(zip(circuits, parameters)):
if not set(parameters_).issubset(circuit.parameters):
raise ValueError(
f"The {i}-th parameters contains parameters not present in the "
f"{i}-th circuit."
)
@property
def options(self) -> Options:
"""Return the union of estimator options setting and gradient default options,
where, if the same field is set in both, the gradient's default options override
the primitive's default setting.
Returns:
The gradient default + estimator options.
"""
return self._get_local_options(self._default_options.__dict__)
[docs] def update_default_options(self, **options):
"""Update the gradient's default options setting.
Args:
**options: The fields to update the default options.
"""
self._default_options.update_options(**options)
def _get_local_options(self, options: Options) -> Options:
"""Return the union of the primitive's default setting,
the gradient default options, and the options in the ``run`` method.
The order of priority is: options in ``run`` method > gradient's
default options > primitive's default setting.
Args:
options: The fields to update the options
Returns:
The gradient default + estimator + run options.
"""
opts = copy(self._estimator.options)
opts.update_options(**options)
return opts