Estimate operators to a target variance
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Description
Following #682, port the grove functionality for sampling to a target variance. Users should probably be able to either run a number of shots or specify a target variance.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read issue #682 and the linked grove/measurements/estimation.py section around line 173 first, then locate the corresponding pyquil estimation entry point. Done means users can choose either a fixed number of shots or a target variance for operator sampling, with behavior matching the referenced grove functionality.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- quantum-computing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100