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qiskit.dagcircuit.DAGDependency

class DAGDependency

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Object to represent a quantum circuit as a directed acyclic graph via operation dependencies (i.e. lack of commutation).

The nodes in the graph are operations represented by quantum gates. The edges correspond to non-commutation between two operations (i.e. a dependency). A directed edge from node A to node B means that operation A does not commute with operation B. The object’s methods allow circuits to be constructed.

The nodes in the graph have the following attributes: ‘operation’, ‘successors’, ‘predecessors’.

Example:

Bell circuit with no measurement.

      ┌───┐
qr_0: ┤ H ├──■──
      └───┘┌─┴─┐
qr_1: ─────┤ X ├
           └───┘

The dependency DAG for the above circuit is represented by two nodes. The first one corresponds to Hadamard gate, the second one to the CNOT gate as the gates do not commute there is an edge between the two nodes.

Reference:

[1] Iten, R., Moyard, R., Metger, T., Sutter, D. and Woerner, S., 2020. Exact and practical pattern matching for quantum circuit optimization. arXiv:1909.05270

Create an empty DAGDependency.

__init__

__init__()

Create an empty DAGDependency.


Methods

__init__()Create an empty DAGDependency.
add_creg(creg)Add clbits in a classical register.
add_op_node(operation, qargs, cargs)Add a DAGDepNode to the graph and update the edges.
add_qreg(qreg)Add qubits in a quantum register.
copy()Function to copy a DAGDependency object.
depth()Return the circuit depth.
direct_predecessors(node_id)Direct predecessors id of a given node as sorted list.
direct_successors(node_id)Direct successors id of a given node as sorted list.
draw([scale, filename, style])Draws the DAGDependency graph.
get_all_edges()Enumaration of all edges.
get_edges(src_id, dest_id)Edge enumeration between two nodes through method get_all_edge_data.
get_in_edges(node_id)Enumeration of all incoming edges for a given node.
get_node(node_id)param node_idlabel of considered node.
get_nodes()returnsiterator over all the nodes.
get_out_edges(node_id)Enumeration of all outgoing edges for a given node.
predecessors(node_id)Predecessors id of a given node as sorted list.
size()Returns the number of gates in the circuit
successors(node_id)Successors id of a given node as sorted list.
to_networkx()Returns a copy of the DAGDependency in networkx format.
to_retworkx()Returns the DAGDependency in retworkx format.
topological_nodes()Yield nodes in topological order.

Attributes

calibrationsReturn calibration dictionary.
global_phaseReturn the global phase of the circuit.

add_creg

add_creg(creg)

Add clbits in a classical register.

add_op_node

add_op_node(operation, qargs, cargs)

Add a DAGDepNode to the graph and update the edges.

Parameters

  • operation (qiskit.circuit.Instruction) – operation as a quantum gate.
  • qargs (list[Qubit]) – list of qubits on which the operation acts
  • cargs (list[Clbit]) – list of classical wires to attach to.

add_qreg

add_qreg(qreg)

Add qubits in a quantum register.

calibrations

Return calibration dictionary.

The custom pulse definition of a given gate is of the form

{‘gate_name’: {(qubits, params): schedule}}

copy

copy()

Function to copy a DAGDependency object. :returns: a copy of a DAGDependency object. :rtype: DAGDependency

depth

depth()

Return the circuit depth. :returns: the circuit depth :rtype: int

direct_predecessors

direct_predecessors(node_id)

Direct predecessors id of a given node as sorted list.

Parameters

node_id (int) – label of considered node.

Returns

direct predecessors id as a sorted list

Return type

List

direct_successors

direct_successors(node_id)

Direct successors id of a given node as sorted list.

Parameters

node_id (int) – label of considered node.

Returns

direct successors id as a sorted list

Return type

List

draw

draw(scale=0.7, filename=None, style='color')

Draws the DAGDependency graph.

This function needs pydot <https://github.com/erocarrera/pydot>, which in turn needs Graphviz <https://www.graphviz.org/>` to be installed.

Parameters

  • scale (float) – scaling factor
  • filename (str) – file path to save image to (format inferred from name)
  • style (str) – ‘plain’: B&W graph ‘color’ (default): color input/output/op nodes

Returns

if in Jupyter notebook and not saving to file,

otherwise None.

Return type

Ipython.display.Image

get_all_edges

get_all_edges()

Enumaration of all edges.

Returns

corresponding to the label.

Return type

List

get_edges

get_edges(src_id, dest_id)

Edge enumeration between two nodes through method get_all_edge_data.

Parameters

  • src_id (int) – label of the first node.
  • dest_id (int) – label of the second node.

Returns

corresponding to all edges between the two nodes.

Return type

List

get_in_edges

get_in_edges(node_id)

Enumeration of all incoming edges for a given node.

Parameters

node_id (int) – label of considered node.

Returns

corresponding incoming edges data.

Return type

List

get_node

get_node(node_id)

Parameters

node_id (int) – label of considered node.

Returns

corresponding to the label.

Return type

node

get_nodes

get_nodes()

Returns

iterator over all the nodes.

Return type

generator(dict)

get_out_edges

get_out_edges(node_id)

Enumeration of all outgoing edges for a given node.

Parameters

node_id (int) – label of considered node.

Returns

corresponding outgoing edges data.

Return type

List

global_phase

Return the global phase of the circuit.

predecessors

predecessors(node_id)

Predecessors id of a given node as sorted list.

Parameters

node_id (int) – label of considered node.

Returns

all predecessors id as a sorted list

Return type

List

size

size()

Returns the number of gates in the circuit

successors

successors(node_id)

Successors id of a given node as sorted list.

Parameters

node_id (int) – label of considered node.

Returns

all successors id as a sorted list

Return type

List

to_networkx

to_networkx()

Returns a copy of the DAGDependency in networkx format.

to_retworkx

to_retworkx()

Returns the DAGDependency in retworkx format.

topological_nodes

topological_nodes()

Yield nodes in topological order.

Returns

node in topological order.

Return type

generator(DAGNode)

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