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Dakota Reference Manual
Version 6.15
Explore and Predict with Confidence
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Generate trial points in random order
Alias: none
Argument(s): none
Traditional pattern search methods search with a fixed pattern of search directions to try to find improvements to the current iterate. The SCOLIB pattern search methods generalize this simple algorithmic strategy to enable control of how the search pattern is adapted, as well as how each search pattern is evaluated. The stochastic
and synchronization
specifications denote how the the trial points are evaluated. The stochastic
specification indicates that the trial points are considered in a random order. For parallel pattern search, synchronization
dictates whether the evaluations are scheduled using a blocking
scheduler or a nonblocking
scheduler (i.e.,