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Start with the actual decision
Routing, scheduling and allocation combine constraints with an objective. Classical exact solvers and heuristics already tackle many such problems. A fair comparison fixes the input, constraint handling, solution quality and total time budget.
background
One proposed quantum method
QAOA is a gate-based approach that alternates problem-dependent and mixing operations, usually with classical parameter selection. Quantum annealing is a different approach. Results from one do not establish the performance of the other.
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What would be convincing?
Compare with a strong classical baseline, include parameter search and repeated runs, and report solution quality as well as time. The cited algorithm proposal supports research interest; it does not prove general business advantage or profitability.
Sources and review scope
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