DAKOTA : a multilevel parallel object-oriented framework for design optimization, parameter estimation, uncertainty quantification, and sensitivity analysis. Version 5.0, user's reference manual.

Eldred, Michael Scott ; Dalbey, Keith R. ; Bohnhoff, William J. ; Adams, Brian M. ; Swiler, Laura Painton ; Hough, Patricia Diane (Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA) ; Gay, David M. ; Eddy, John P. ; Haskell, Karen H.

关键词: D CODES;    MANUALS;    COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN;    FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;    NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;    SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;    PARALLEL PROCESSING Stochastic processes.;    Nonlinear programming.;    Integer programming.;    Iterative methods;   

DOI  :  10.2172/991841
RP-ID  :  SAND2010-2184
PID  :  OSTI ID: 991841
Others  :  TRN: US201022%%6

学科分类：数学（综合）

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The DAKOTA (Design Analysis Kit for Optimization and Terascale Applications) toolkit provides a flexible and extensible interface between simulation codes and iterative analysis methods. DAKOTA contains algorithms for optimization with gradient and nongradient-based methods; uncertainty quantification with sampling, reliability, and stochastic finite element methods; parameter estimation with nonlinear least squares methods; and sensitivity/variance analysis with design of experiments and parameter study methods. These capabilities may be used on their own or as components within advanced strategies such as surrogate-based optimization, mixed integer nonlinear programming, or optimization under uncertainty. By employing object-oriented design to implement abstractions of the key components required for iterative systems analyses, the DAKOTA toolkit provides a flexible and extensible problem-solving environment for design and performance analysis of computational models on high performance computers. This report serves as a reference manual for the commands specification for the DAKOTA software, providing input overviews, option descriptions, and example specifications.