Qiskit Aer 0.2.0

Changelog

Added

• Add multiplexer gate (#192)
• Add remap_noise_model function to noise.utils (#181)
• Add __eq__ method to NoiseModel, QuantumError, ReadoutError (#181)
• Add support for labelled gates in noise models (#175).
• Add optimized mcx, mcy, mcz, mcu1, mcu2, mcu3, gates to QubitVector (#124)
• Add optimized controlled-swap gate to QubitVector (#142)
• Add gate-fusion optimization for QasmContoroller, which is enabled by setting fusion_enable=true (#136)
• Add better management of failed simulations (#167)
• Add qubits truncate optimization for unused qubits (#164)
• Add ability to disable depolarizing error on device noise model (#131)
• Add initialise simulator instruction to statevector_state (#117, #137)
• Add coupling maps to simulators (#93)
• Add circuit optimization framework (#83)
• Add benchmarking (#71, #177)
• Add wheels support for Debian-like distributions (#69)
• Add autoconfiguration of threads for qasm simulator (#61)
• Add Simulation method based on Stabilizer Rank Decompositions (#51)

Changed

• Add basis_gates kwarg to NoiseModel init (#175).
• Depreciated "initial_statevector" backend option for QasmSimulator and StatevectorSimulator (#185)
• Rename "chop_threshold" backend option to "zero_threshold" and change default value to 1e-10 (#185).
• Add an optional parameter to NoiseModel.as_dict() for returning dictionaries that can be
  serialized using the standard json library directly. (#165)
• Refactor thread management (#50)

Removed

Fixed

• Improve noise transformations (#162)
• Improve error reporting (#160)
• Improve efficiency of parallelization with max_memory_mb a new parameter of backend_opts (#61)
• Improve u1 performance in statevector (#123)
• Fix OpenMP clashing problems on MacOS for the Terra Addon (#46)