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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2021
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Jiachen Huang, Hangzhou, CN;
Jianxin Chen, Hangzhou, CN;
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
Methods and systems for tensor network contraction are provided. A method implemented by a computing host includes obtaining a plurality of tensor nodes associated with a tensor network and a plurality of indices respectively associated with the plurality of tensor nodes; generating a graph associated with the tensor network, wherein the plurality of tensor nodes correspond to a plurality of vertices of the graph and the plurality of indices correspond to a plurality of edges of the graph, respectively; decomposing the graph into a plurality of sub-graphs; and for each sub-graph of the plurality of sub-graphs, iteratively decomposing a current sub-graph into a plurality of next-tier sub-graphs until a size of each of the plurality of next-tier sub-graphs is less than a pre-set threshold.