merit_function

Balance goals of reducing objective function and satisfying constraints

Specification

  • Alias: None

  • Arguments: None

  • Default: argaez_tapia

Child Keywords:

Required/Optional

Description of Group

Dakota Keyword

Dakota Keyword Description

Required (Choose One)

Merit Function

el_bakry

El-Bakry merit function

argaez_tapia

The merit function by Tapia and Argaez

van_shanno

The merit function by Vanderbei and Shanno

Description

A merit_function is a function in constrained optimization that attempts to provide joint progress toward reducing the objective function and satisfying the constraints.