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Dakota Reference Manual
Version 6.16
Explore and Predict with Confidence
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List of user-specified starting points
Alias: none
Argument(s): REALLIST
The multi_start meta-iterator must specify a sub-iterator using either a method_pointer or a method_name plus optional model_pointer. This iterator is responsible for completing a series of iterative analyses from a set of different starting points. These starting points can be specified as follows: (1) using random_starts, for which the specified number of starting points are selected randomly within the variable bounds, (2) using starting_points, in which the starting values are provided in a list, or (3) using both random_starts and starting_points, for which the combined set of points will be used.