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Run Python through a direct interface - requires special Dakota build

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): none

Child Keywords:

| Required/Optional | Description of Group | Dakota Keyword | Dakota Keyword Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| Optional | numpy | Enable the use of numpy in Dakota's Python interface

## Description

Dakota supports a library-linked interface to Python, but it must be explicitly enabled when compiling Dakota from source. Consult the Users Manual[4] for discussion and examples. Contact the Dakota users mailing list for assistance building and using Dakota with these interfaces.

The analysis_drivers specifies a Python module:function which implements the parameter to response mapping. List data structures are the default, but NumPy is also supported, if enabled in the build.

## Examples

See `dakota/share/dakota/examples/official/drivers/Python/linked`