1Blurb:: 2Controls how closely the algorithm should follow the "central path" 3Description:: 4The \c centering_parameter specification is a parameter (between 0 and 51) that controls how closely the algorithm should follow the "central 6path". 7See \cite Wright1 for the definition of central 8path. The larger the value, the more closely the algorithm follows the 9central path, which results in small steps. A value of 0 indicates 10that the algorithm will take a pure Newton step. Default values are 11.2, .2, and .1 for the \c el_bakry, \c argaez_tapia, and \c van_shanno 12merit functions, respectively. 13 14Topics:: 15Examples:: 16Theory:: 17Faq:: 18See_Also:: 19