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Dakota Reference Manual
Version 6.15
Explore and Predict with Confidence
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Specify how to initialize the population
Alias: none
Argument(s): none
Default: unique_random
Child Keywords:
Required/Optional | Description of Group | Dakota Keyword | Dakota Keyword Description | |
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Required (Choose One) | Initialization Type (Group 1) | simple_random | Create random initial solutions | |
unique_random | Create random initial solutions, but enforce uniqueness (default) | |||
flat_file | Read initial solutions from file |
The initialization_type
defines how the initial population is created for the GA. There are three types:
simple_random
unique_random
(default)flat_file
Setting the size for the flat_file
initializer has the effect of requiring a minimum number of designs to create. If this minimum number has not been created once the files are all read, the rest are created using the unique_random
initializer and then the simple_random
initializer if necessary.