Dakota Reference Manual: starting_points

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starting_points

List of user-specified starting points

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): REALLIST

## Description

The `multi_start` meta-iterator must specify a sub-iterator using either a `method_pointer` or a `method_name` plus optional `model_pointer`. This iterator is responsible for completing a series of iterative analyses from a set of different starting points. These starting points can be specified as follows: (1) using `random_starts`, for which the specified number of starting points are selected randomly within the variable bounds, (2) using `starting_points`, in which the starting values are provided in a list, or (3) using both `random_starts` and `starting_points`, for which the combined set of points will be used.