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+name = "MQT QAO"
+url = "https://github.com/cda-tum/mqt-qao"
+description = "MQT Quantum Auto Optimizer translates optimization problems into quantum-compliant formats and solves them with major quantum solvers."
+licence = "MIT license"
+contact_info = "quantum.cda@xcit.tum.de"
+affiliations = "Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany Politecnico di Torino, Italy"
+labels = [ "Algorithms", "Application package", "Circuit building tool", "Paper implementation", "Optimization",]
+ibm_maintained = false
+group = "applications"
+reference_paper = "https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.12840"
+documentation = "https://mqt.readthedocs.io/projects/qao/en/latest/"
+uuid = "6d4c69e4-1e47-486c-b00f-8a60ae5e01d4"