Citation

If you publish research that uses DAKOTA you have to cite it as follows:

Please cite the Dakota User's Manual (or other appropriate manual) for the version you used (see SAND Reports). For example:

Adams, B. M., Bohnhoff, W. J., Dalbey, K. R., Ebeida, M. S., Eddy, J. P., Eldred, M. S., Hooper, R. W., Hough, P. D., Hu, K. T., Jakeman, J. D., Khalil, M., Maupin, K. A., Monschke, J. A., Ridgway, E. M., Rushdi, A. A., Seidl, D. T., Stephens, J. A., Swiler, L. P., & Winokur, J. G. (2021). Dakota, a multilevel parallel object-oriented framework for design optimization, parameter estimation, uncertainty quantification, and sensitivity analysis: Version 6.15 user’s manual. Sandia Technical Report SAND2020-12495, November 2021. https://dakota.sandia.gov/sites/default/files/docs/6.15/Users-Manual-6.15.pdf

Previous versions of the User's Manual are available from the manuals page.