Dakota Reference Manual: exploratory_moves

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exploratory_moves

Exploratory moves selection

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): none

Default: basic_pattern

Child Keywords:

| Required/Optional | Description of Group | Dakota Keyword | Dakota Keyword Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| Required (Choose One) | Exploration Mode (Group 1) | multi_step | Examine trial step around successful new point
adaptive_pattern | Adaptively rescale search directions
basic_pattern | Use the same search pattern every iteration

## Description

The `exploratory_moves` specification controls how the search pattern is adapted. (The search pattern can be adapted after an improving trial point is found, or after all trial points in a search pattern have been found to be unimproving points.) The following exploratory moves selections are supported by SCOLIB: