LinearEqualityToPenalty

class LinearEqualityToPenalty(penalty=None)

Bases: qiskit.optimization.converters.quadratic_program_converter.QuadraticProgramConverter

Convert a problem with only equality constraints to unconstrained with penalty terms.

Parameters

penalty (Optional[float]) – Penalty factor to scale equality constraints that are added to objective. If None is passed, penalty factor will be automatically calculated.

Methods

convert	Convert a problem with equality constraints into an unconstrained problem.
interpret	Convert the result of the converted problem back to that of the original problem

Attributes

penalty

Returns the penalty factor used in conversion.

Return type

Optional[float]

Returns

The penalty factor used in conversion.