1Blurb::
2File containing points you wish to use to build a surrogate
3
4Description::
5The \c import_build_points_file allows the user to specify a file that
6contains a list of points and truth model responses used to construct
7a surrogate model.  These can be used by all methods that (explicitly,
8e.g. surrogate-based optimization, or implicitly, e.g. efficient
9global optimization) operate on a surrogate.  In particular, these
10points and responses are used in place of truth model evaluations to
11construct the initial surrogate.  When used to construct surrogate
12models or emulators these are often called build points or training
13data.
14
15<b> Default Behavior </b>
16
17By default, methods do not import points from a file.
18
19<b> Usage Tips </b>
20
21Dakota parses input files without regard to whitespace, but the
22import_build_points_file must be in one of three formats:
23\li \c annotated (default)
24\li \c custom_annotated
25\li \c freeform
26
27Topics::
28Examples::
29\verbatim
30method
31  polynomial_chaos
32    expansion_order = 4
33    import_build_points_file = 'dakota_uq_rosenbrock_pce_import.annot.pts.dat'
34\endverbatim
35Theory::
36Faq::
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