User guide

This section is serve as an introductory guide and reference for how to use QICS, and contains the following pages.

Quick reference

Serves as a reference point for how to initialize and use the cone, model, and solver classes provided by QICS.

reference.html

Getting started

Walks through an example of how to solve a simple quantum relative entropy program using QICS.

gettingstarted.html

Representing matrices

Explains how symmetric and Hermitian matrix variables are represented as column vectors in QICS.

matrices.html

Advanced tips

Tips for advanced users to obtain potentially significant speedups when solving problems.

advanced.html

Reading and writing

Reading and writing semidefinite and conic programs using the SDPA sparse and CBF formats.

io.html

PICOS interface

Briefly introduces how QICS can be used with the PICOS optimization modelling interface.

picos.html