.. _method-bayes_calibration-queso-emulator-pce-expansion_order-collocation_points-cross_validation:

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cross_validation
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Use cross validation to choose the 'best' polynomial order of a polynomial chaos expansion.


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   method-bayes_calibration-queso-emulator-pce-expansion_order-collocation_points-cross_validation-noise_only
   method-bayes_calibration-queso-emulator-pce-expansion_order-collocation_points-cross_validation-max_cv_order_candidates


**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* None


**Child Keywords:**

+-------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Required/Optional       | Description of     | Dakota Keyword              | Dakota Keyword Description                  |
|                         | Group              |                             |                                             |
+=========================+====================+=============================+=============================================+
| Optional                                     | `noise_only`__              | Restrict the cross validation process to    |
|                                              |                             | estimating only the best noise tolerance.   |
+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Optional                                     | `max_cv_order_candidates`__ | Limit the number of cross-validation        |
|                                              |                             | candidates for basis order                  |
+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+---------------------------------------------+

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**Description**


Use cross validation to choose the 'best' polynomial degree of a polynomial chaos expansion. 10 fold cross validation is used to estimate the cross validation error of a total-order polynomial expansion for orders 1 through to order. The order chosen is the one that produces the lowest cross validation error. If there are not enough points to perform 10 fold cross validation then one-at-a-time cross validation will be performed.