Dakota Reference Manual: num_trials

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num_trials

The number of secondary sample points generated to adjust the location of the primary sample points

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): INTEGER

Default: 10000

## Description

In general, the variable with the most influence on the quality of the final sample set is `num_trials`, which determines how well the Voronoi subregions are sampled.

Generally, `num_trials` should be "large", certainly much bigger than the number of sample points being requested; a reasonable value might be 10,000, but values of 100,000 or 1 million are not unusual.