Pygsti

Added

- Direct Randomized Benchmarking (DRB) method. Includes sequence selection and data analysis routines (see new tutorials 17-18).
- Improved Clifford Randomized Benchmarking support (see tutorial 16).
- support for multi-qubit circuits (new Circuit object; see tutorial 15).
- ability to easily create LGST-only reports (see new example notebook).

Changed

- improvements to the DataSet object: you can now store "sparse" counts (where not every outcome is observed) and add meta-data to lines after a '' symbol.
- compatibility with plotly v3.0+ and cvxpy v1.0+.

Fixed

- Updates setup script so that newer versions of pip correctly identify and install dependencies when installing via pip.

Fixed

- Fixes remaining "module not found" errors that may occur when trying to import pygsti after installing from PyPi.

Fixed

- Fixes some of the "module not found" errors that may occur when trying to import pygsti after installing from PyPi.

Fixed

- fixes PyPi install error regarding "fastcalc.pyx not found".

Added

- new do_stdpractice_gst driver facilitates multiple GST estimates.
- support for multiple state preparations and POVMs.
- adds tutorial, example, and FAQ notebooks.
- many more pre-loaded "standard" gate sets.

Changed

- switches to HTML reports and plotly plots (vs. PDF reports and matplotlib plots).
- updated Results object stores multiple estimates instead of just one.
- improved multi-qubit support (richer gate set models possible).