Source code for pennylane.qcut.utils

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"""
Support functions for cut_circuit and cut_circuit_mc.
"""


import uuid
from typing import Any, Callable, Sequence, Tuple
import warnings
import numpy as np
from networkx import MultiDiGraph, has_path, weakly_connected_components

import pennylane as qml
from pennylane.measurements import MeasurementProcess
from pennylane.ops.meta import WireCut
from pennylane.queuing import WrappedObj
from pennylane.operation import Operation

from .kahypar import kahypar_cut
from .cutstrategy import CutStrategy


class MeasureNode(Operation):
    """Placeholder node for measurement operations"""

    num_wires = 1
    grad_method = None

    def __init__(self, *params, wires=None, id=None):
        id = id or str(uuid.uuid4())

        super().__init__(*params, wires=wires, id=id)


class PrepareNode(Operation):
    """Placeholder node for state preparations"""

    num_wires = 1
    grad_method = None

    def __init__(self, *params, wires=None, id=None):
        id = id or str(uuid.uuid4())

        super().__init__(*params, wires=wires, id=id)


def _prep_zero_state(wire):
    return [qml.Identity(wire)]


def _prep_one_state(wire):
    return [qml.X(wire)]


def _prep_plus_state(wire):
    return [qml.Hadamard(wire)]


def _prep_minus_state(wire):
    return [qml.X(wire), qml.Hadamard(wire)]


def _prep_iplus_state(wire):
    return [qml.Hadamard(wire), qml.S(wires=wire)]


def _prep_iminus_state(wire):
    return [qml.X(wire), qml.Hadamard(wire), qml.S(wires=wire)]


[docs]def find_and_place_cuts( graph: MultiDiGraph, cut_method: Callable = kahypar_cut, cut_strategy: CutStrategy = None, replace_wire_cuts=False, local_measurement=False, **kwargs, ) -> MultiDiGraph: """Automatically finds and places optimal :class:`~.WireCut` nodes into a given tape-converted graph using a customizable graph partitioning function. Preserves existing placed cuts. Args: graph (MultiDiGraph): The original (tape-converted) graph to be cut. cut_method (Callable): A graph partitioning function that takes an input graph and returns a list of edges to be cut based on a given set of constraints and objective. Defaults to :func:`kahypar_cut` which requires KaHyPar to be installed using ``pip install kahypar`` for Linux and Mac users or visiting the instructions `here <https://kahypar.org>`__ to compile from source for Windows users. cut_strategy (CutStrategy): Strategy for optimizing cutting parameters based on device constraints. Defaults to ``None`` in which case ``kwargs`` must be fully specified for passing to the ``cut_method``. replace_wire_cuts (bool): Whether to replace :class:`~.WireCut` nodes with :class:`~.MeasureNode` and :class:`~.PrepareNode` pairs. Defaults to ``False``. local_measurement (bool): Whether to use the local-measurement circuit-cutting objective, i.e. the maximum node-degree of the communication graph, for cut evaluation. Defaults to ``False`` which assumes global measurement and uses the total number of cuts as the cutting objective. kwargs: Additional keyword arguments to be passed to the callable ``cut_method``. Returns: nx.MultiDiGraph: Copy of the input graph with :class:`~.WireCut` nodes inserted. **Example** Consider the following 4-wire circuit with a single CNOT gate connecting the top (wires ``[0, 1]``) and bottom (wires ``["a", "b"]``) halves of the circuit. Note there's a :class:`~.WireCut` manually placed into the circuit already. .. code-block:: python ops = [ qml.RX(0.1, wires=0), qml.RY(0.2, wires=1), qml.RX(0.3, wires="a"), qml.RY(0.4, wires="b"), qml.CNOT(wires=[0, 1]), qml.WireCut(wires=1), qml.CNOT(wires=["a", "b"]), qml.CNOT(wires=[1, "a"]), qml.CNOT(wires=[0, 1]), qml.CNOT(wires=["a", "b"]), qml.RX(0.5, wires="a"), qml.RY(0.6, wires="b"), ] measurements = [qml.expval(qml.X(0) @ qml.Y("a") @ qml.Z("b"))] tape = qml.tape.QuantumTape(ops, measurements) >>> print(qml.drawer.tape.text(tape)) 0: ──RX(0.1)──╭●──────────╭●───────────╭┤ ⟨X ⊗ Y ⊗ Z⟩ 1: ──RY(0.2)──╰X──//──╭●──╰X───────────│┤ a: ──RX(0.3)──╭●──────╰X──╭●──RX(0.5)──├┤ ⟨X ⊗ Y ⊗ Z⟩ b: ──RY(0.4)──╰X──────────╰X──RY(0.6)──╰┤ ⟨X ⊗ Y ⊗ Z⟩ Since the existing :class:`~.WireCut` doesn't sufficiently fragment the circuit, we can find the remaining cuts using the default KaHyPar partitioner: >>> graph = qml.qcut.tape_to_graph(tape) >>> cut_graph = qml.qcut.find_and_place_cuts( graph=graph, num_fragments=2, imbalance=0.5, ) Visualizing the newly-placed cut: >>> print(qml.qcut.graph_to_tape(cut_graph).draw()) 0: ──RX(0.1)──╭●───────────────╭●────────╭┤ ⟨X ⊗ Y ⊗ Z⟩ 1: ──RY(0.2)──╰X──//──╭●───//──╰X────────│┤ a: ──RX(0.3)──╭●──────╰X──╭●────RX(0.5)──├┤ ⟨X ⊗ Y ⊗ Z⟩ b: ──RY(0.4)──╰X──────────╰X────RY(0.6)──╰┤ ⟨X ⊗ Y ⊗ Z⟩ We can then proceed with the usual process of replacing :class:`~.WireCut` nodes with pairs of :class:`~.MeasureNode` and :class:`~.PrepareNode`, and then break the graph into fragments. Or, alternatively, we can directly get such processed graph by passing ``replace_wire_cuts=True``: >>> cut_graph = qml.qcut.find_and_place_cuts( graph=graph, num_fragments=2, imbalance=0.5, replace_wire_cuts=True, ) >>> frags, comm_graph = qml.qcut.fragment_graph(cut_graph) >>> for t in frags: ... print(qml.qcut.graph_to_tape(t).draw()) .. code-block:: 0: ──RX(0.1)──────╭●───────────────╭●──┤ ⟨X⟩ 1: ──RY(0.2)──────╰X──MeasureNode──│───┤ 2: ──PrepareNode───────────────────╰X──┤ a: ──RX(0.3)──────╭●──╭X──╭●────────────RX(0.5)──╭┤ ⟨Y ⊗ Z⟩ b: ──RY(0.4)──────╰X──│───╰X────────────RY(0.6)──╰┤ ⟨Y ⊗ Z⟩ 1: ──PrepareNode──────╰●───MeasureNode────────────┤ Alternatively, if all we want to do is to find the optimal way to fit a circuit onto a smaller device, a :class:`~.CutStrategy` can be used to populate the necessary explorations of cutting parameters. As an extreme example, if the only device at our disposal is a 2-qubit device, a simple cut strategy is to simply specify the the ``max_free_wires`` argument (or equivalently directly passing a :class:`pennylane.Device` to the ``device`` argument): >>> cut_strategy = qml.qcut.CutStrategy(max_free_wires=2) >>> print(cut_strategy.get_cut_kwargs(graph)) [{'num_fragments': 2, 'imbalance': 0.5714285714285714}, {'num_fragments': 3, 'imbalance': 1.4}, {'num_fragments': 4, 'imbalance': 1.75}, {'num_fragments': 5, 'imbalance': 2.3333333333333335}, {'num_fragments': 6, 'imbalance': 2.0}, {'num_fragments': 7, 'imbalance': 3.0}, {'num_fragments': 8, 'imbalance': 2.5}, {'num_fragments': 9, 'imbalance': 2.0}, {'num_fragments': 10, 'imbalance': 1.5}, {'num_fragments': 11, 'imbalance': 1.0}, {'num_fragments': 12, 'imbalance': 0.5}, {'num_fragments': 13, 'imbalance': 0.05}, {'num_fragments': 14, 'imbalance': 0.1}] The printed list above shows all the possible cutting configurations one can attempt to perform in order to search for the optimal cut. This is done by directly passing a :class:`~.CutStrategy` to :func:`~.find_and_place_cuts`: >>> cut_graph = qml.qcut.find_and_place_cuts( graph=graph, cut_strategy=cut_strategy, ) >>> print(qml.qcut.graph_to_tape(cut_graph).draw()) 0: ──RX──//─╭●──//────────╭●──//─────────┤ ╭<X@Y@Z> 1: ──RY──//─╰X──//─╭●──//─╰X─────────────┤ │ a: ──RX──//─╭●──//─╰X──//─╭●──//──RX──//─┤ ├<X@Y@Z> b: ──RY──//─╰X──//────────╰X──//──RY─────┤ ╰<X@Y@Z> As one can tell, quite a few cuts have to be made in order to execute the circuit on solely 2-qubit devices. To verify, let's print the fragments: >>> qml.qcut.replace_wire_cut_nodes(cut_graph) >>> frags, comm_graph = qml.qcut.fragment_graph(cut_graph) >>> for t in frags: ... print(qml.qcut.graph_to_tape(t).draw()) .. code-block:: 0: ──RX──MeasureNode─┤ 1: ──RY──MeasureNode─┤ a: ──RX──MeasureNode─┤ b: ──RY──MeasureNode─┤ 0: ──PrepareNode─╭●──MeasureNode─┤ 1: ──PrepareNode─╰X──MeasureNode─┤ a: ──PrepareNode─╭●──MeasureNode─┤ b: ──PrepareNode─╰X──MeasureNode─┤ 1: ──PrepareNode─╭●──MeasureNode─┤ a: ──PrepareNode─╰X──MeasureNode─┤ 0: ──PrepareNode─╭●──MeasureNode─┤ 1: ──PrepareNode─╰X──────────────┤ b: ──PrepareNode─╭X──MeasureNode─┤ a: ──PrepareNode─╰●──MeasureNode─┤ a: ──PrepareNode──RX──MeasureNode─┤ b: ──PrepareNode──RY─┤ <Z> 0: ──PrepareNode─┤ <X> a: ──PrepareNode─┤ <Y> """ cut_graph = _remove_existing_cuts(graph) if isinstance(cut_strategy, CutStrategy): cut_kwargs_probed = cut_strategy.get_cut_kwargs(cut_graph) # Need to reseed if a seed is passed: seed = kwargs.pop("seed", None) seeds = np.random.default_rng(seed).choice(2**15, cut_strategy.trials_per_probe).tolist() cut_edges_probed = { (cut_kwargs["num_fragments"], trial_id): cut_method( cut_graph, **{ **cut_kwargs, **kwargs, "seed": seed, }, # kwargs has higher precedence for colliding keys ) for cut_kwargs in cut_kwargs_probed for trial_id, seed in zip(range(cut_strategy.trials_per_probe), seeds) } valid_cut_edges = {} for (num_partitions, _), cut_edges in cut_edges_probed.items(): # The easiest way to tell if a cut is valid is to just do the fragment graph. cut_graph = place_wire_cuts(graph=graph, cut_edges=cut_edges) num_cuts = sum(isinstance(n.obj, WireCut) for n in cut_graph.nodes) replace_wire_cut_nodes(cut_graph) frags, comm = fragment_graph(cut_graph) max_frag_degree = max(dict(comm.degree()).values()) if _is_valid_cut( fragments=frags, num_cuts=num_cuts, max_frag_degree=max_frag_degree, num_fragments_requested=num_partitions, cut_candidates=valid_cut_edges, max_free_wires=cut_strategy.max_free_wires, ): key = (len(frags), max_frag_degree) valid_cut_edges[key] = cut_edges if len(valid_cut_edges) < 1: raise ValueError( "Unable to find a circuit cutting that satisfies all constraints. " "Are the constraints too strict?" ) cut_edges = _get_optim_cut(valid_cut_edges, local_measurement=local_measurement) else: cut_edges = cut_method(cut_graph, **kwargs) cut_graph = place_wire_cuts(graph=graph, cut_edges=cut_edges) if replace_wire_cuts: replace_wire_cut_nodes(cut_graph) return cut_graph
def replace_wire_cut_node(node: WireCut, graph: MultiDiGraph): """ Replace a :class:`~.WireCut` node in the graph with a :class:`~.MeasureNode` and :class:`~.PrepareNode`. .. note:: This function is designed for use as part of the circuit cutting workflow. Check out the :func:`qml.cut_circuit() <pennylane.cut_circuit>` transform for more details. Args: node (WireCut): the :class:`~.WireCut` node to be replaced with a :class:`~.MeasureNode` and :class:`~.PrepareNode` graph (nx.MultiDiGraph): the graph containing the node to be replaced **Example** Consider the following circuit with a manually-placed wire cut: .. code-block:: python wire_cut = qml.WireCut(wires=0) ops = [ qml.RX(0.4, wires=0), wire_cut, qml.RY(0.5, wires=0), ] measurements = [qml.expval(qml.Z(0))] tape = qml.tape.QuantumTape(ops, measurements) We can find the circuit graph and remove the wire cut node using: >>> graph = qml.qcut.tape_to_graph(tape) >>> qml.qcut.replace_wire_cut_node(wire_cut, graph) """ node_obj = WrappedObj(node) predecessors = graph.pred[node_obj] successors = graph.succ[node_obj] predecessor_on_wire = {} for op, data in predecessors.items(): for d in data.values(): wire = d["wire"] predecessor_on_wire[wire] = op successor_on_wire = {} for op, data in successors.items(): for d in data.values(): wire = d["wire"] successor_on_wire[wire] = op order = graph.nodes[node_obj]["order"] graph.remove_node(node_obj) for wire in node.wires: predecessor = predecessor_on_wire.get(wire, None) successor = successor_on_wire.get(wire, None) meas = MeasureNode(wires=wire) prep = PrepareNode(wires=wire) # We are introducing a degeneracy in the order of the measure and prepare nodes # here but the order can be inferred as MeasureNode always precedes # the corresponding PrepareNode meas_node = WrappedObj(meas) prep_node = WrappedObj(prep) graph.add_node(meas_node, order=order) graph.add_node(prep_node, order=order) graph.add_edge(meas_node, prep_node, wire=wire) if predecessor is not None: graph.add_edge(predecessor, meas_node, wire=wire) if successor is not None: graph.add_edge(prep_node, successor, wire=wire)
[docs]def replace_wire_cut_nodes(graph: MultiDiGraph): """ Replace each :class:`~.WireCut` node in the graph with a :class:`~.MeasureNode` and :class:`~.PrepareNode`. .. note:: This function is designed for use as part of the circuit cutting workflow. Check out the :func:`qml.cut_circuit() <pennylane.cut_circuit>` transform for more details. Args: graph (nx.MultiDiGraph): The graph containing the :class:`~.WireCut` nodes to be replaced **Example** Consider the following circuit with manually-placed wire cuts: .. code-block:: python wire_cut_0 = qml.WireCut(wires=0) wire_cut_1 = qml.WireCut(wires=1) multi_wire_cut = qml.WireCut(wires=[0, 1]) ops = [ qml.RX(0.4, wires=0), wire_cut_0, qml.RY(0.5, wires=0), wire_cut_1, qml.CNOT(wires=[0, 1]), multi_wire_cut, qml.RZ(0.6, wires=1), ] measurements = [qml.expval(qml.Z(0))] tape = qml.tape.QuantumTape(ops, measurements) We can find the circuit graph and remove all the wire cut nodes using: >>> graph = qml.qcut.tape_to_graph(tape) >>> qml.qcut.replace_wire_cut_nodes(graph) """ for op in list(graph.nodes): if isinstance(op.obj, WireCut): replace_wire_cut_node(op.obj, graph)
[docs]def place_wire_cuts( graph: MultiDiGraph, cut_edges: Sequence[Tuple[Operation, Operation, Any]] ) -> MultiDiGraph: """Inserts a :class:`~.WireCut` node for each provided cut edge into a circuit graph. Args: graph (nx.MultiDiGraph): The original (tape-converted) graph to be cut. cut_edges (Sequence[Tuple[Operation, Operation, Any]]): List of ``MultiDiGraph`` edges to be replaced with a :class:`~.WireCut` node. Each 3-tuple represents the source node, the target node, and the wire key of the (multi)edge. Returns: MultiDiGraph: Copy of the input graph with :class:`~.WireCut` nodes inserted. **Example** Consider the following 2-wire circuit with one CNOT gate connecting the wires: .. code-block:: python ops = [ qml.RX(0.432, wires=0), qml.RY(0.543, wires="a"), qml.CNOT(wires=[0, "a"]), ] measurements = [qml.expval(qml.Z(0))] tape = qml.tape.QuantumTape(ops, measurements) >>> print(qml.drawer.tape_text(tape)) 0: ──RX(0.432)──╭●──┤ ⟨Z⟩ a: ──RY(0.543)──╰X──┤ If we know we want to place a :class:`~.WireCut` node between the nodes corresponding to the ``RY(0.543, wires=["a"])`` and ``CNOT(wires=[0, 'a'])`` operations after the tape is constructed, we can first find the edge in the graph: >>> graph = qml.qcut.tape_to_graph(tape) >>> op0, op1 = tape.operations[1], tape.operations[2] >>> cut_edges = [e for e in graph.edges if e[0] is op0 and e[1] is op1] >>> cut_edges [(RY(0.543, wires=['a']), CNOT(wires=[0, 'a']), 0)] Then feed it to this function for placement: >>> cut_graph = qml.qcut.place_wire_cuts(graph=graph, cut_edges=cut_edges) >>> cut_graph <networkx.classes.multidigraph.MultiDiGraph at 0x7f7251ac1220> And visualize the cut by converting back to a tape: >>> print(qml.qcut.graph_to_tape(cut_graph).draw()) 0: ──RX(0.432)──────╭●──┤ ⟨Z⟩ a: ──RY(0.543)──//──╰X──┤ """ cut_graph = graph.copy() for op0, op1, wire_key in cut_edges: # Get info: order = cut_graph.nodes[op0]["order"] + 1 wire = cut_graph.edges[(op0, op1, wire_key)]["wire"] # Apply cut: cut_graph.remove_edge(op0, op1, wire_key) # Increment order for all subsequent gates: for op, o in cut_graph.nodes(data="order"): if o >= order: cut_graph.nodes[op]["order"] += 1 # Add WireCut wire_cut = WireCut(wires=wire) wire_cut_node = WrappedObj(wire_cut) cut_graph.add_node(wire_cut_node, order=order) cut_graph.add_edge(op0, wire_cut_node, wire=wire) cut_graph.add_edge(wire_cut_node, op1, wire=wire) return cut_graph
def _remove_existing_cuts(graph: MultiDiGraph) -> MultiDiGraph: """Removes all existing, manually or automatically placed, cuts from a circuit graph, be it ``WireCut``s or ``MeasureNode``-``PrepareNode`` pairs. Args: graph (MultiDiGraph): The original (tape-converted) graph to be cut. Returns: (MultiDiGraph): Copy of the input graph with all its existing cuts removed. """ uncut_graph = graph.copy() for node in list(graph.nodes): if isinstance(node.obj, WireCut): uncut_graph.remove_node(node) elif isinstance(node.obj, MeasureNode): for node1 in graph.neighbors(node): if isinstance(node1.obj, PrepareNode): uncut_graph.remove_node(node) uncut_graph.remove_node(node1) if len([n for n in uncut_graph.nodes if isinstance(n.obj, (MeasureNode, PrepareNode))]) > 0: warnings.warn( "The circuit contains `MeasureNode` or `PrepareNode` operations that are " "not paired up correctly. Please check.", UserWarning, ) return uncut_graph # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
[docs]def fragment_graph(graph: MultiDiGraph) -> Tuple[Tuple[MultiDiGraph], MultiDiGraph]: """ Fragments a graph into a collection of subgraphs as well as returning the communication (`quotient <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotient_graph>`__) graph. The input ``graph`` is fragmented by disconnecting each :class:`~.MeasureNode` and :class:`~.PrepareNode` pair and finding the resultant disconnected subgraph fragments. Each node of the communication graph represents a subgraph fragment and the edges denote the flow of qubits between fragments due to the removed :class:`~.MeasureNode` and :class:`~.PrepareNode` pairs. .. note:: This operation is designed for use as part of the circuit cutting workflow. Check out the :func:`qml.cut_circuit() <pennylane.cut_circuit>` transform for more details. Args: graph (nx.MultiDiGraph): directed multigraph containing measure and prepare nodes at cut locations Returns: Tuple[Tuple[nx.MultiDiGraph], nx.MultiDiGraph]: the subgraphs of the cut graph and the communication graph. **Example** Consider the following circuit with manually-placed wire cuts: .. code-block:: python wire_cut_0 = qml.WireCut(wires=0) wire_cut_1 = qml.WireCut(wires=1) multi_wire_cut = qml.WireCut(wires=[0, 1]) ops = [ qml.RX(0.4, wires=0), wire_cut_0, qml.RY(0.5, wires=0), wire_cut_1, qml.CNOT(wires=[0, 1]), multi_wire_cut, qml.RZ(0.6, wires=1), ] measurements = [qml.expval(qml.Z(0))] tape = qml.tape.QuantumTape(ops, measurements) We can find the corresponding graph, remove all the wire cut nodes, and find the subgraphs and communication graph by using: >>> graph = qml.qcut.tape_to_graph(tape) >>> qml.qcut.replace_wire_cut_nodes(graph) >>> qml.qcut.fragment_graph(graph) ((<networkx.classes.multidigraph.MultiDiGraph object at 0x7fb3b2311940>, <networkx.classes.multidigraph.MultiDiGraph object at 0x7fb3b2311c10>, <networkx.classes.multidigraph.MultiDiGraph object at 0x7fb3b23e2820>, <networkx.classes.multidigraph.MultiDiGraph object at 0x7fb3b23e27f0>), <networkx.classes.multidigraph.MultiDiGraph object at 0x7fb3b23e26a0>) """ graph_copy = graph.copy() cut_edges = [] measure_nodes = [n for n in graph.nodes if isinstance(n.obj, MeasurementProcess)] for node1, node2, wire_key in graph.edges: if isinstance(node1.obj, MeasureNode): assert isinstance(node2.obj, PrepareNode) cut_edges.append((node1, node2, wire_key)) graph_copy.remove_edge(node1, node2, key=wire_key) subgraph_nodes = weakly_connected_components(graph_copy) subgraphs = tuple(MultiDiGraph(graph_copy.subgraph(n)) for n in subgraph_nodes) communication_graph = MultiDiGraph() communication_graph.add_nodes_from(range(len(subgraphs))) for node1, node2, _ in cut_edges: for i, subgraph in enumerate(subgraphs): if subgraph.has_node(node1): start_fragment = i if subgraph.has_node(node2): end_fragment = i if start_fragment != end_fragment: communication_graph.add_edge(start_fragment, end_fragment, pair=(node1, node2)) else: # The MeasureNode and PrepareNode pair live in the same fragment and did not result # in a disconnection. We can therefore remove these nodes. Note that we do not need # to worry about adding back an edge between the predecessor to node1 and the successor # to node2 because our next step is to convert the fragment circuit graphs to tapes, # a process that does not depend on edge connections in the subgraph. subgraphs[start_fragment].remove_node(node1) subgraphs[end_fragment].remove_node(node2) terminal_indices = [i for i, s in enumerate(subgraphs) for n in measure_nodes if s.has_node(n)] subgraphs_connected_to_measurements = [] subgraphs_indices_to_remove = [] prepare_nodes_removed = [] for i, s in enumerate(subgraphs): if any(has_path(communication_graph, i, t) for t in terminal_indices): subgraphs_connected_to_measurements.append(s) else: subgraphs_indices_to_remove.append(i) prepare_nodes_removed.extend([n for n in s.nodes if isinstance(n.obj, PrepareNode)]) measure_nodes_to_remove = [ m for p in prepare_nodes_removed for m, p_, _ in cut_edges if p is p_ ] communication_graph.remove_nodes_from(subgraphs_indices_to_remove) for m in measure_nodes_to_remove: for s in subgraphs_connected_to_measurements: if s.has_node(m): s.remove_node(m) return subgraphs_connected_to_measurements, communication_graph
def _is_valid_cut( fragments, num_cuts, max_frag_degree, num_fragments_requested, cut_candidates, max_free_wires, ): """Helper function for determining if a cut is a valid canditate.""" # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments k = len(fragments) key = (k, max_frag_degree) correct_num_fragments = k <= num_fragments_requested best_candidate_yet = (key not in cut_candidates) or (len(cut_candidates[key]) > num_cuts) # pylint: disable=no-member all_fragments_fit = all( len(qml.qcut.graph_to_tape(f).wires) <= max_free_wires for j, f in enumerate(fragments) ) return correct_num_fragments and best_candidate_yet and all_fragments_fit def _get_optim_cut(valid_cut_edges, local_measurement=False): """Picks out the best cut from a dict of valid candidate cuts.""" if local_measurement: min_max_node_degree = min(max_node_degree for _, max_node_degree in valid_cut_edges) optim_cuts = { k: cut_edges for (k, max_node_degree), cut_edges in valid_cut_edges.items() if (max_node_degree == min_max_node_degree) } else: min_cuts = min(len(cut_edges) for cut_edges in valid_cut_edges.values()) optim_cuts = { k: cut_edges for (k, _), cut_edges in valid_cut_edges.items() if (len(cut_edges) == min_cuts) } return optim_cuts[min(optim_cuts)] # choose the lowest num_fragments among best ones.