Utilities
qiskit.utils
deprecate_arguments(kwarg_map) | Decorator to automatically alias deprecated argument names and warn upon use. |
deprecate_function(msg[, stacklevel]) | Emit a warning prior to calling decorated function. |
local_hardware_info() | Basic hardware information about the local machine. |
is_main_process() | Checks whether the current process is the main one |
apply_prefix(value, unit) | Given a SI unit prefix and value, apply the prefix to convert to standard SI unit. |
detach_prefix(value[, decimal]) | Given a SI unit value, find the most suitable prefix to scale the value. |
Algorithm Utilities
summarize_circuits | Summarize circuits based on QuantumCircuit, and five metrics are summarized. |
get_entangler_map | Utility method to get an entangler map among qubits. |
validate_entangler_map | Validate a user supplied entangler map and converts entries to ints. |
has_ibmq | Check if IBMQ is installed |
has_aer | check if Aer is installed |
name_args | Decorator to convert unnamed arguments to named ones. |
algorithm_globals | Class for global properties. |
QuantumInstance | Quantum Backend including execution setting. |
A QuantumInstance holds the Qiskit backend as well as a number of compile and runtime parameters controlling circuit compilation and execution. Quantum algorithms are run on a device or simulator by passing a QuantumInstance setup with the desired backend etc.
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