Solving the Broadcast Time Problem Using a D-wave Quantum Computer

We illustrate how the D-Wave Two quantum computer is programmed and works by solving the Broadcast Time Problem. We start from a concise integer program formulation of the problem and apply some simple transformations to arrive at the QUBO form which can be run on the D-Wave quantum computer. Finally, we explore the feasibility of this method on several well-known graphs.

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