8. The method of claim 1 wherein determining at least one characteristic of the first association graph via a quantum processor includes embedding the first association graph into the quantum processor, and wherein determining at least one characteristic of the second association graph via the quantum processor includes embedding the second association graph into the quantum processor.
1. A method of obtaining an answer to a query from a database, the method comprising: determining a query graph representative of the query via at least one processor; determining a first database graph representative of a first portion of information stored in the database via at least one processor; determining a first association graph based on the query graph and the first database graph via at least one processor; determining at least one characteristic of the first association graph via a quantum processor; storing information relating to the at least one characteristic of the first association graph in a computer-readable medium; determining a second database graph representative of a second portion of information stored in the database via at least one processor; determining a second association graph based on the query graph and the second database graph via at least one processor; determining at least one characteristic of the second association graph via the quantum processor; storing information relating to the at least one characteristic of the second association graph in the computer-readable medium; and ranking the at least one characteristic of the second association graph with respect to the at least one characteristic of the first association graph via a digital processor.