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Quantum annealing-based clustering of single cell RNA-seq data.


ABSTRACT: Cluster analysis is a crucial stage in the analysis and interpretation of single-cell gene expression (scRNA-seq) data. It is an inherently ill-posed problem whose solutions depend heavily on hyper-parameter and algorithmic choice. The popular approach of K-means clustering, for example, depends heavily on the choice of K and the convergence of the expectation-maximization algorithm to local minima of the objective. Exhaustive search of the space for multiple good quality solutions is known to be a complex problem. Here, we show that quantum computing offers a solution to exploring the cost function of clustering by quantum annealing, implemented on a quantum computing facility offered by D-Wave [1]. Out formulation extracts minimum vertex cover of an affinity graph to sub-sample the cell population and quantum annealing to optimise the cost function. A distribution of low-energy solutions can thus be extracted, offering alternate hypotheses about how genes group together in their space of expressions.

SUBMITTER: Kubacki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10597635 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Quantum annealing-based clustering of single cell RNA-seq data.

Kubacki Michal M   Niranjan Mahesan M  

Briefings in bioinformatics 20230901 6


Cluster analysis is a crucial stage in the analysis and interpretation of single-cell gene expression (scRNA-seq) data. It is an inherently ill-posed problem whose solutions depend heavily on hyper-parameter and algorithmic choice. The popular approach of K-means clustering, for example, depends heavily on the choice of K and the convergence of the expectation-maximization algorithm to local minima of the objective. Exhaustive search of the space for multiple good quality solutions is known to b  ...[more]

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