scalar_objectives
Number of scalar objective functions
Specification
Alias: num_scalar_objectives
Arguments: INTEGER
Description
This keyword describes the number of scalar objective functions.
It is meant to be used in conjunction with field_objectives, which describes
the number of field objectives functions. The total number of objective
functions, both scalar and field, is given by objective_functions.
If only scalar objective functions are specified, it is not necessary
to specify the number of scalar terms explicitly: one can simply
say objective_functions = 5 and get 5 scalar objectives.
However, if there are three scalar objectives and 2 field objectives, then
objective_functions = 5 but scalar_objectives = 3 and field_objectives = 2.
Objective functions are responses that are used with optimization methods in Dakota. Currently, each term in a field objective is added to the total objective function presented to the optimizer. For example, if you have one field objective with 100 terms (e.g. a time-temperature trace with 100 time points and 100 corresponding temperature points), the 100 temperature values will be added to create the overall objective.
