.. _method-adaptive_sampling-batch_selection-distance_penalty: """""""""""""""" distance_penalty """""""""""""""" Add a penalty to spread out the points in the batch .. toctree:: :hidden: :maxdepth: 1 **Specification** - *Alias:* None - *Arguments:* None **Description** In this strategy, the highest scoring candidate is selected and then all remaining candidates are re-scored with a distance penalization factor added in to the score.