A quantum-classical hybrid reasoning engine for uncertainty-aware AI inference
Project description
Probabilistic Quantum Reasoner
A quantum-classical hybrid reasoning engine for uncertainty-aware AI inference, fusing quantum probabilistic graphical models (QPGMs) with classical probabilistic logic.
🎯 Overview
The Probabilistic Quantum Reasoner implements a novel approach to AI reasoning by encoding knowledge using quantum amplitude distributions over Hilbert space, modeling uncertainty through entanglement and non-commutative conditional graphs, and enabling hybrid Quantum Bayesian Networks with causal, counterfactual, and abductive reasoning capabilities.
🧩 Key Features
- Quantum Bayesian Networks: Hybrid classical-quantum probabilistic graphical models
- Quantum Belief Propagation: Unitary message passing with amplitude-weighted inference
- Causal Quantum Reasoning: Do-calculus analog for quantum intervention logic
- Multiple Backends: Support for Qiskit, PennyLane, and classical simulation
- Uncertainty Modeling: Entanglement-based uncertainty representation
- Counterfactual Reasoning: Quantum counterfactuals using unitary interventions
🚀 Quick Start
Installation
pip install probabilistic-quantum-reasoner
For development with extra features:
pip install probabilistic-quantum-reasoner[dev,docs,extras]
Basic Usage
from probabilistic_quantum_reasoner import QuantumBayesianNetwork
from probabilistic_quantum_reasoner.backends import QiskitBackend
# Create a quantum Bayesian network
qbn = QuantumBayesianNetwork(backend=QiskitBackend())
# Add quantum and classical nodes
weather = qbn.add_quantum_node("weather", ["sunny", "rainy"])
mood = qbn.add_stochastic_node("mood", ["happy", "sad"])
# Create entangled relationship
qbn.add_edge(weather, mood)
qbn.entangle([weather, mood])
# Perform quantum inference
result = qbn.infer(evidence={"weather": "sunny"})
print(f"Mood probabilities: {result}")
# Quantum intervention (do-calculus)
intervention_result = qbn.intervene("weather", "rainy")
print(f"Mood under intervention: {intervention_result}")
🧬 Mathematical Foundation
The library implements quantum probabilistic reasoning using:
- Tensor Product Spaces: Joint state representation as |ψ⟩ = Σᵢⱼ αᵢⱼ|iⱼ⟩
- Amplitude Manipulation: Via Kraus operators and parameterized unitaries
- Density Matrix Operations: Mixed state inference through partial tracing
- Non-commutative Conditional Probability: P_Q(A|B) ≠ P_Q(B|A) in general
📖 Documentation
🧪 Examples
Quantum XOR Reasoning
# Create entangled XOR gate reasoning
qbn = QuantumBayesianNetwork()
a = qbn.add_quantum_node("A", [0, 1])
b = qbn.add_quantum_node("B", [0, 1])
xor = qbn.add_quantum_node("XOR", [0, 1])
qbn.add_quantum_xor_relationship(a, b, xor)
result = qbn.infer(evidence={"A": 1, "B": 0})
Weather-Mood Causal Graph
# Hybrid classical-quantum causal modeling
from probabilistic_quantum_reasoner.examples import WeatherMoodExample
example = WeatherMoodExample()
causal_effect = example.estimate_causal_effect("weather", "mood")
counterfactual = example.counterfactual_query("What if it was sunny?")
🛠️ Architecture
probabilistic_quantum_reasoner/
├── core/ # Core network structures
│ ├── network.py # QuantumBayesianNetwork
│ ├── nodes.py # Quantum/Stochastic/Hybrid nodes
│ └── operators.py # Quantum operators and gates
├── inference/ # Reasoning engines
│ ├── engine.py # Main inference engine
│ ├── causal.py # Causal reasoning
│ ├── belief_propagation.py
│ └── variational.py # Variational quantum inference
├── backends/ # Backend implementations
│ ├── qiskit_backend.py
│ ├── pennylane_backend.py
│ └── simulator.py
└── examples/ # Example implementations
🔬 Research Applications
- AGI Inference Scaffolds: Uncertainty-aware reasoning for autonomous systems
- Quantum Explainable AI (Q-XAI): Interpretable quantum decision making
- Counterfactual Analysis: "What-if" scenarios in quantum superposition
- Epistemic Uncertainty Modeling: Non-classical uncertainty representation
🤝 Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guidelines for details.
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add amazing feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature) - Open a Pull Request
📝 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
📚 Citation
If you use this library in your research, please cite:
@software{bajpai2025quantum,
title={Probabilistic Quantum Reasoner: A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Reasoning Engine},
author={Bajpai, Krishna},
year={2025},
url={https://github.com/krish567366/probabilistic-quantum-reasoner}
}
👨💻 Author
Krishna Bajpai
- Email: bajpaikrishna715@gmail.com
- GitHub: @krish567366
🙏 Acknowledgments
- Quantum computing community for foundational algorithms
- Classical probabilistic reasoning research
- Open source quantum computing frameworks (Qiskit, PennyLane)
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