constraint_relax

Enable constraint relaxation

Specification

  • Alias: None

  • Arguments: None

  • Default: no relaxation

Child Keywords:

Required/Optional

Description of Group

Dakota Keyword

Dakota Keyword Description

Required

homotopy

Surrogate-Based local constraint relaxation method for infeasible iterates

Description

The command constraint_relax followed by a method name specifies the type of relaxation to be used. Currently, <tt>homotopy</tt> [PerezRW04] is the only available method for constraint relaxation, and this method is dependent on the presence of the NPSOL library within the Dakota executable.