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merit_function

Balance goals of reducing objective function and satisfying constraints

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): none

Default: merit2_squared

Child Keywords:

| Required/Optional | Description of Group | Dakota Keyword | Dakota Keyword Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| Required (Choose One) | Merit Function (Group 1) | merit_max | Nonsmoothed merit function
merit_max_smooth | Smoothed merit function
merit1 | Nonsmoothed merit function
merit1_smooth | Smoothed merit function
merit2 | Nonsmoothed merit function
merit2_smooth | Smoothed merit function
merit2_squared | Nonsmoothed merit function

## 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.