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Dakota Reference Manual
Version 6.15
Explore and Predict with Confidence
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Selects free-form tabular file format for experiment data
This keyword is related to the topics:
Alias: none
Argument(s): none
Default: annotated format
A freeform tabular file is whitespace-separated text file with no leading header row and no leading columns. For experiment data files, each row contains data for configuration variables, observatiions, and/or observation errors, depending on context.
Default Behavior
By default, Dakota imports tabular experiment data files in annotated format. Specify freeform
to instead select this format.
Usage Tips
annotated
format, though freeform
remains an option.Import a free-form experimental data file containing raw experiment data in a calibration study
responses ... scalar_data_file 'shock_experiment.dat' freeform
Example data file with two measured quantities, three experiments:
18.23 83.21 34.14 93.24 22.41 88.92