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integer

Integer-valued discrete design variables

## Topics

This keyword is related to the topics:

- discrete_variables
- design_variables

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): INTEGER

Default: no discrete design set integer variables

Child Keywords:

| Required/Optional | Description of Group | Dakota Keyword | Dakota Keyword Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| Optional | elements_per_variable | Number of admissible elements for each set variable
| Required | elements | The permissible values for each discrete variable
| Optional | categorical | Whether the set-valued variables are categorical or relaxable
| Optional | initial_point | Initial values for variables
| Optional | descriptors | Labels for the variables

## Description

A design variable whose values come from a specified set of admissible integers. The details of how to specify this discrete variable are located on the discrete_variables page.

## Examples

Four integer variables whose values will be selected from the following sets during the search for an optimal design. , , and .

    discrete_design_set
      integer 4
        descriptors           'y1'  'y2'  'y3'  'y4'
        elements_per_variable 2     2     2     4
        elements              0 1   0 1   0 5   10 15 20 23