starting_points
List of user-specified starting points
Specification
Alias: None
Arguments: REALLIST
Description
The multi_start
meta-iterator must specify a sub-iterator using
either a method_pointer
or a method_name
plus optional
model_pointer
. This iterator is responsible for completing a series
of iterative analyses from a set of different starting points. These
starting points can be specified as follows: (1) using
random_starts
, for which the specified number of starting points are
selected randomly within the variable bounds, (2) using
starting_points
, in which the starting values are provided in a list,
or (3) using both random_starts
and starting_points
, for which
the combined set of points will be used.