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optimization


Solve the optimization problem for the sample allocation by numerical optimization in the case of sampling estimator targeting the variance.

Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): none

Description

Employ numerical optimization to solve the optimization problem for finding the optimal sample allocation when targeting the variance. This option needs NPSOL (preferred choice) or OPTPP (alternative choice) installed.

Default Behavior "off"

Examples

The following method block

method,
    model_pointer = 'HIERARCH'
        multilevel_sampling
      pilot_samples = 20 seed = 1237
      convergence_tolerance = .01
      allocation_target = variance
        optimization

uses the variance as sample allocation target and solves the resulting optimization problem using numerical optimization.