output

Control how much method information is written to the screen and output file

Topics

dakota_output, method_independent_controls

Specification

• Alias: None

• Arguments: None

• Default: normal

Child Keywords:

Required/Optional	Description of Group	Dakota Keyword	Dakota Keyword Description
Required (Choose One)	Output Level	debug	Level 5 of 5 - maximum
		verbose	Level 4 of 5 - more than normal
		normal	Level 3 of 5 - default
		quiet	Level 2 of 5 - less than normal
		silent	Level 1 of 5 - minimum

Description

Choose from a total of five output levels during the course of a Dakota study. If there is no user specification for output verbosity, then the default setting is normal.

Specific mappings are as follows:

• silent (i.e., really quiet): silent iterators, silent model, silent interface, quiet approximation, quiet file operations

• quiet: quiet iterators, quiet model, quiet interface, quiet approximation, quiet file operations

• normal: normal iterators, normal model, normal interface, quiet approximation, quiet file operations

• verbose: verbose iterators, normal model, verbose interface, verbose approximation, verbose file operations

• debug (i.e., really verbose): debug iterators, normal model, debug interface, verbose approximation, verbose file operations

Note that iterators and interfaces utilize the full granularity in verbosity, whereas models, approximations, and file operations do not. With respect to iterator verbosity, different iterators implement this control in slightly different ways (as described below in the method independent controls descriptions for each iterator), however the meaning is consistent.

For models, interfaces, approximations, and file operations, quiet suppresses parameter and response set reporting and silent further suppresses function evaluation headers and scheduling output. Similarly, verbose adds file management, approximation evaluation, and global approximation coefficient details, and debug further adds diagnostics from nonblocking schedulers.