1Blurb:: Initial values for variables 2 3Description:: 4Specifies the initial or default value a variable should assume, for 5example when starting a method or fixing the value of an inactive 6variable. 7 8<b>Default Behavior</b> 9 10Range variables, including \ref variables-continuous_design, \ref 11variables-continuous_state, \ref variables-discrete_design_range, and 12\ref variables-discrete_state_range are initialized to: 13 14\li Mean/midpoint (or next smaller integer value) when doubly-bounded 15 16\li 0 when unbounded 17 18\li 0 when semi-bounded and zero is in the half interval, otherwise to 19 the specified lower or upper bound 20 21Set variables, including \ref variables-discrete_design_set and \ref 22variables-discrete_state_set default to the middle (or next smaller) 23value of the ordered set of admissible values. 24 25Uncertain variables default initialize to their mean (or nearest 26admissible discrete) value, truncating to any specified lower or upper 27bounds as needed. Epistemic uncertain variable means are calculated 28making a probabilistic assumption on the specified intervals or set 29values. 30 31Topics:: 32Examples:: 33Theory:: 34Faq:: 35See_Also:: 36