.. _method-asynch_pattern_search-synchronization:

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synchronization
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Select how Dakota schedules a batch of concurrent function evaluations in a parallel algorithm


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   method-asynch_pattern_search-synchronization-blocking
   method-asynch_pattern_search-synchronization-nonblocking


**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* None

- *Default:* method specific


**Child Keywords:**

+-------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Required/Optional       | Description of     | Dakota Keyword     | Dakota Keyword Description                  |
|                         | Group              |                    |                                             |
+=========================+====================+====================+=============================================+
| Required (Choose One)   | Synchronization    | `blocking`__       | Complete concurrent evaluation of all       |
|                         |                    |                    | evaluations within a batch                  |
|                         |                    +--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|                         |                    | `nonblocking`__    | A batch of concurrent evaluations are       |
|                         |                    |                    | queried for completions and a partial set   |
|                         |                    |                    | is returned to the algorithm                |
+-------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------+

.. __: method-asynch_pattern_search-synchronization-blocking.html
__ method-asynch_pattern_search-synchronization-nonblocking.html



**Description**


The ``synchronization`` specification can be used to specify
the use of either ``blocking`` or ``nonblocking`` schedulers, where the
former must block until all evaluations are completed and the latter
does not block, returning only the partial set that has been completed
for a particular call to the scheduler.