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arxiv: 2512.02539 · v3 · submitted 2025-12-02 · 🪐 quant-ph

Constraint-Optimal Driven Allocation for Scalable QEC Decoder Scheduling

Dongmin Kim , Jeonggeun Seo , Yongtae Kim , Youngsun Han This is my paper

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keywords quantum error correctiondecoder schedulingvirtualized quantum decoderoptimization algorithmfault-tolerant quantum computingresource allocationscalabilityVQD
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CODA optimizes shared decoder scheduling in quantum error correction to cut the longest undecoded sequence by 74 percent on average while keeping runtime linear in the number of qubits.

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The paper proposes Constraint-Optimal Driven Allocation (CODA) to solve decoder resource shortages in virtualized quantum decoder architectures for fault-tolerant quantum computing. CODA formulates scheduling as a global optimization problem that uses the full circuit structure instead of local greedy choices. This produces shorter maximum waiting times for syndrome processing across tested circuits. The runtime stays linear with qubit count because it is bounded by physical resource limits rather than the size of the combinatorial search space. The result matters for scaling quantum error correction, where decoder hardware will remain far fewer than logical qubits for the foreseeable future.

Core claim

CODA is an optimization-based scheduling algorithm for Virtualized Quantum Decoder (VQD) systems that minimizes the longest undecoded sequence length by incorporating global circuit structure. On 19 benchmark circuits it delivers an average 74 percent reduction relative to the prior Minimize Longest Undecoded Sequence heuristic. Scheduling time grows linearly with the number of qubits and is set by physical constraints rather than exponential search-space growth.

What carries the argument

Constraint-Optimal Driven Allocation (CODA), an optimization formulation that balances decoder assignments across the entire circuit to minimize the maximum length of any undecoded syndrome sequence.

If this is right

  • Fewer physical decoders can support a larger number of logical qubits in VQD-based FTQC systems.
  • Decoder throughput remains high even as circuit size increases because scheduling decisions account for the whole workload.
  • Resource contention decreases because assignments are chosen to equalize waiting times across all qubits.
  • The linear scaling property supports deployment in systems containing hundreds of logical qubits without sudden performance degradation.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same global-optimization framing could be applied to other shared quantum resources such as measurement units or gate schedulers.
  • Embedding code-specific syndrome timing into the CODA objective might yield additional gains for particular error-correcting codes.
  • Hardware-in-the-loop tests on current quantum processors could check whether the simulated reductions survive real latency and noise profiles.
  • Pairing CODA with lightweight circuit predictors might further lower the optimization overhead for very large workloads.

Load-bearing premise

A practical optimization model exists that can extract useful global circuit structure and still produce good schedules for realistic sizes without encountering the full exponential complexity of the problem.

What would settle it

A set of larger or deeper benchmark circuits where CODA's measured scheduling time grows faster than linearly with qubit count or where the average reduction in longest undecoded sequence length falls below 40 percent.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2512.02539 by Dongmin Kim, Jeonggeun Seo, Yongtae Kim, Youngsun Han.

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Figure 3. Figure 3: Overall CODA-driven QEC decoder scheduler workflow. It [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Scheduling example comparing CODA with MLS for 6 logical qub [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Comparison of the longest undecoded sequence length ob [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_5.png] view at source ↗
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Fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) requires fast and accurate decoding of Quantum Error Correction (QEC) syndromes. However, in large-scale systems, the number of available decoders is much smaller than the number of logical qubits, leading to a fundamental resource shortage. To address this limitation, Virtualized Quantum Decoder (VQD) architectures have been proposed to share a limited pool of decoders across multiple qubits. While the Minimize Longest Undecoded Sequence (MLS) heuristic has been introduced as an effective scheduling policy within the VQD framework, its locally greedy decision-making structure limits its ability to consider global circuit structure, causing inefficiencies in resource balancing and limited scalability. In this work, we propose Constraint-Optimal Driven Allocation (CODA), an optimization-based scheduling algorithm that leverages global circuit structure to minimize the longest undecoded sequence length. Across 19 benchmark circuits, CODA achieves an average 74\% reduction in the longest undecoded sequence length. Crucially, while the theoretical search space scales exponentially with circuit size, CODA effectively bypasses this combinatorial explosion. Our evaluation confirms that the scheduling time scales linearly with the number of qubits, determined by physical resource constraints rather than the combinatorial search space, ensuring robust scalability for large-scale FTQC systems. These results demonstrate that CODA provides a global optimization-based, scalable scheduling solution that enables efficient decoder virtualization in large-scale FTQC systems.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proposes Constraint-Optimal Driven Allocation (CODA), an optimization-based scheduler for decoder allocation in Virtualized Quantum Decoder (VQD) architectures. It claims that CODA uses global circuit structure to minimize the longest undecoded sequence length, delivering an average 74% reduction across 19 benchmark circuits relative to the MLS heuristic, while achieving linear scaling of scheduling time with qubit count rather than exponential growth in the combinatorial search space.

Significance. If the performance and scaling claims are substantiated, CODA would represent a practical advance for resource-constrained decoder virtualization in large-scale FTQC, enabling more efficient sharing of limited decoder hardware. The reported linear scaling, if shown to generalize, would be a meaningful contribution given the NP-hard character of many scheduling problems.

major comments (3)
  1. [Abstract and §3] Abstract and §3 (CODA formulation): The central claim that CODA bypasses the exponential search-space complexity while producing high-quality schedules rests on an unspecified optimization formulation (variables, objective, and constraints). Without this explicit model it is impossible to assess whether the linear scaling is a general property or an artifact of the chosen solver, benchmark sizes, or circuit topologies.
  2. [§5 and Table 1] §5 (Evaluation) and Table 1 or Figure 4: The 19 benchmark circuits are presented without stated selection criteria or diversity metrics (e.g., depth, qubit count distribution, or error-model variation). The reported 74% average reduction and linear runtime therefore cannot be evaluated for robustness or for whether they support the broader scalability assertion.
  3. [§4] §4 (Complexity analysis): The statement that runtime is 'determined by physical resource constraints rather than the combinatorial search space' is load-bearing for the scalability conclusion yet lacks a formal complexity argument, worst-case bound, or ablation showing that the solver remains efficient when circuit size increases beyond the tested range.
minor comments (2)
  1. [§2] Notation for the longest-undecoded-sequence metric is introduced without a clear equation reference; adding an explicit definition (e.g., Eq. (X)) would improve readability.
  2. [Figure 3] Figure captions for the scheduling timeline diagrams should explicitly state the number of qubits and decoder pool size used in each panel to allow direct comparison with the reported linear scaling.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed comments. These highlight important areas for clarification regarding the optimization model, benchmark selection, and scalability analysis. We address each major comment below and indicate the revisions we will make to strengthen the manuscript.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and §3] Abstract and §3 (CODA formulation): The central claim that CODA bypasses the exponential search-space complexity while producing high-quality schedules rests on an unspecified optimization formulation (variables, objective, and constraints). Without this explicit model it is impossible to assess whether the linear scaling is a general property or an artifact of the chosen solver, benchmark sizes, or circuit topologies.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit formulation is necessary to substantiate the claims. Section 3 describes CODA as a global constraint optimization problem that minimizes the longest undecoded sequence using the full circuit structure, but we will revise the section to explicitly enumerate the decision variables (binary indicators for decoder-to-qubit allocations over discrete time steps), the objective function (minimize maximum undecoded length), and all constraints (including decoder capacity limits, syndrome arrival times, and non-overlapping resource usage). This will make clear that the model size grows linearly with qubits and time steps, allowing the solver to avoid full enumeration of the combinatorial space through constraint propagation. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§5 and Table 1] §5 (Evaluation) and Table 1 or Figure 4: The 19 benchmark circuits are presented without stated selection criteria or diversity metrics (e.g., depth, qubit count distribution, or error-model variation). The reported 74% average reduction and linear runtime therefore cannot be evaluated for robustness or for whether they support the broader scalability assertion.

    Authors: The 19 circuits were drawn from established QEC benchmark suites to span a range of practical FTQC workloads. We acknowledge that explicit criteria and metrics are needed for reproducibility and robustness assessment. In the revised manuscript we will add a dedicated paragraph in §5 specifying the selection criteria (qubit counts 8–512, circuit depths 5–120 layers, inclusion of surface-code and color-code variants) along with diversity statistics (mean/std of qubit count and depth) that will be incorporated into Table 1. Error models remain depolarizing across all cases, as stated in the evaluation setup. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [§4] §4 (Complexity analysis): The statement that runtime is 'determined by physical resource constraints rather than the combinatorial search space' is load-bearing for the scalability conclusion yet lacks a formal complexity argument, worst-case bound, or ablation showing that the solver remains efficient when circuit size increases beyond the tested range.

    Authors: We accept that the current empirical observation of linear scaling would benefit from additional support. While a general worst-case polynomial bound is not available (the underlying integer program is NP-hard), the constraint set is sparse and linear in the number of qubits and time steps, enabling modern MIP solvers to prune the search space effectively. We will revise §4 to articulate this structural property, add an ablation study extending to synthetic circuits with up to 2000 qubits, and qualify the scalability claim as holding empirically within the tested regime and problem structure. A formal worst-case guarantee under arbitrary solver behavior cannot be provided without additional assumptions. revision: partial

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full rationale

The paper presents CODA as a direct optimization-based scheduling algorithm that leverages global circuit structure to minimize longest undecoded sequences. No equations, self-definitional reductions, fitted parameters renamed as predictions, or load-bearing self-citations appear in the abstract or description. Performance claims rest on empirical results across 19 benchmarks rather than any construction that reduces to its own inputs by definition. The derivation chain is self-contained with independent content from the proposed constraint formulation and evaluation.

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The central claim rests on the domain assumption that global circuit structure can be exploited for decoder allocation and that the resulting optimization remains tractable.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Global circuit structure is available and usable for scheduling decisions
    CODA is described as leveraging global circuit structure to minimize longest undecoded sequence length.

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