What is DAKOTA?
DAKOTA is a general-purpose software toolkit for performing systems analysis and design on high performance computers. DAKOTA provides algorithms for design optimization, uncertainty quantification, parameter estimation, design of experiments, and sensitivity analysis, as well as a range of parallel computing and simulation interfacing services. • How is DAKOTA used? To use DAKOTA for a particular application, an interface between DAKOTA and your simulation code must be developed. For an overview see Section 1.3 of the Users Manual. Also see the Interfacing FAQ entry for details. Once the simulation interface has been developed, any of the iterative studies available in DAKOTA can be performed with your simulation code through the selection of specifications in a DAKOTA input file. Refer to Chapter 2 in the Users Manual for discussion of example input files. • Why are you releasing DAKOTA as open source? To foster collaborations and streamline the licensing process. Of particular note
