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A quantum computing-based approach to improve the efficiency of library information retrieval

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|Jun 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/qic-2026-0014 | Journal eISSN: 3106-0544 | Journal ISSN: 1533-7146
Language: English
Page range: 263 - 276
Published on: Jun 30, 2026
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