Dakota Reference Manual: candidate_designs

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candidate_designs

Number of candidate sampling designs from which to select the most D-optimal

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): INTEGER

Default: 100

## Description

Dakota will generate `candidate_designs` using the specified sampling strategy and select the one that is more determinant-optimal (D-optimal)

## Examples

    method
      sampling
        sample_type random
        samples = 20
        d_optimal
          candidate_designs = 500