Table 2 The number of layers necessary to converge the worst-case approximation ratios for QAOA and MA-QAOA.

From: Performance analysis of multi-angle QAOA for \(p > 1\)

Set #

# layers QAOA

# layers MA-QAOA

Depth reduction factor

1

8

3

2.7

2

8

3

2.7

3

7

2

3.5

4

8

2

4.0

5

12

4

3.0

6

11

5

2.2

7

9

5

1.8

  1. The set numbers are the same as in Table 1.