Blurb::
Simplex-based derivative free optimization method
Description::
The direct search algorithm, PDS (parallel direct search method),
supports bound constraints.

The PDS method can directly exploit asynchronous evaluations; however,
this capability has not yet been implemented in Dakota.

See :ref:`topic-package_optpp` for info related to all ``optpp`` methods.
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package_optpp
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