Logistics Archives - IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering

Black-Box Optimization of the Storage Location Assignment Problem in Logistics Centers Using an Annealing Algorithm

December 19, 2025Hiromitsu Kigure Takeshi Baba Makoto Taniguchi Hirotaka KajiQuantum ComputingAnnealing, Closed box, Genetic algorithms, Hardware, Legged locomotion, Linear programming, Logistics, Mathematical models, Optimization, Quantum annealing

Abstract: The manufacturing industry encounters numerous optimization problems, one of which is the optimization of storage location assignment (OSLA) problem in logistics. OSLA is a combinatorial optimization problem focused on improving the efficiency of picking operations in logistics centers. We explore quantum annealing (QA) as a potential solution to combinatorial optimization problems and investigate its […]

Explicit Quantum Circuit for Simulating the Advection–Diffusion–Reaction Dynamics

We assess the convergence of the Carleman linearization of advection–diffusion–reaction (ADR) equations with a logistic nonlinearity. It is shown that five Carleman iterates provide a satisfactory approximation of the original ADR across a broad range of parameters and strength of nonlinearity. To assess the feasibility of a quantum algorithm based on this linearization, we analyze […]