.. _method-surrogate_based_local-constraint_relax-homotopy:

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homotopy
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Surrogate-Based local constraint relaxation method for infeasible iterates


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**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* None


**Description**


Currently, <tt>homotopy</tt> :cite:p:`Per04a` is the
only available method for constraint relaxation, and this method is
dependent on the presence of the NPSOL library within the Dakota
executable.