v0.1.0

This is OpenQAOA's first major release! V0.1.0 contains many new features and quite a few breaking changes :)

notice: the license has been changed from apache 2.0 to MIT

What's Changed

• New Features

  • The code underwent a considerable refactoring effort. The most noticeable change is in the new openqaoa-core and openqaoa-plugins.
  • New backend: OpenQAOA is now compatible with Azure by @shahidee44 in #167
  • New circuit Ansatz: now OQ allows for the Alternating Operator Ansatz by @shahidee44 in #85
  • New backend: analytical formula for p=1 by @kidiki in #147
  • Shot Adaptative optimizers by @raulconchello in #123
  • Supporting PennyLane optimizers by @raulconchello in #101
  • Refactor of the result objects for RQAOA / QAOA by @raulconchello in #122
  • JSON dumps methods for RQAOA / QAOA by @raulconchello in #122

• Bug fixes

  • Bugfix: QPU qubit overflow by @shahidee44 in #108
  • fix: Spelling of Oxford Quantum Circuits by @christianbmadsen in #141
  • Bugfix vanishing RQAOA instances after elimination by @kidiki in #158

New Contributors

• @christianbmadsen made their first contribution in #141
• @kidiki made their first contribution in #157

Full Changelog: v0.0.4...v0.1.0