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QSTAR framework routes quantum branches selectively in transfer learning
A new arXiv preprint introduces QSTAR, a method that decides when a quantum component should be used within a transfer-learning pipeline instead of always relying on a fixed variational quantum classifier. The authors argue that common evaluations of quantum transfer learning obscure this question, and their approach adds adaptive routing to select the quantum branch only when it contributes. The work is a research contribution and has not been peer-reviewed or released as a product.