Reverse Quantum Annealing on D-Wave 2000Q

We review results to date obtained by the usage of the quantum reverse annealing feature introduced in the latest model of the D-Wave machine - especially comparatively with forward annealing protocols. Results suggest that there is sizable advantage in hybridizing runs with classical initialization algorithms. Particular attention will be devoted in combinatorial optimization problems connected to applications, with examples taken from several different industrial domains, where a large ferromagnetic structure is present in the spin systems due to minor embedding.