merit_function

Balance goals of reducing objective function and satisfying constraints

Specification

• Alias: None

• Arguments: None

• Default: merit2_squared

Child Keywords:

Required/Optional	Description of Group	Dakota Keyword	Dakota Keyword Description
Required (Choose One)	Merit Function	merit_max	Nonsmoothed merit function
		merit_max_smooth	Smoothed merit function
		merit1	Nonsmoothed merit function
		merit1_smooth	Smoothed merit function
		merit2	Nonsmoothed merit function
		merit2_smooth	Smoothed merit function
		merit2_squared	Nonsmoothed merit function

Description

A merit_function is a function in constrained optimization that attempts to provide joint progress toward reducing the objective function and satisfying the constraints.