Calibration of Variational Quantum Classifiers Under Depolarizing Noise: Expected Calibration Error, Ansatz Expressibility, and Post-Hoc Temperature Scaling
Variational Quantum Classifiers (VQCs) have emerged as prime candidates for machine learning on NISQ systems. It stands to reason that the same depolarizing noise that drives quantum states toward the maximally mixed state would also alleviate the overconfidence of VQCs. This paper tests that hypothesis through an empi...