1Blurb:: 2Seed of the random number generator 3 4Description:: 5The random \c seed control provides a mechanism for making a 6stochastic method repeatable. That is, the use of the same random seed 7in identical studies will generate identical results. 8 9<b> Default Behavior </b> 10 11If not specified, the seed is randomly generated. 12 13<b> Expected Output </b> 14 15If \c seed is specified, a stochastic study will generate identical 16results when repeated using the same seed value. Otherwise, results 17are not guaranteed to be the same. 18 19<b> Usage Tips </b> 20 21If a stochastic study was run without \c seed specified, and the user 22later wishes to repeat the study using the same seed, the value of the 23seed used in the original study can be found in the output Dakota 24prints to the screen. That value can then be added to the Dakota 25input file. 26 27Topics:: 28Examples:: 29\verbatim 30method 31 sampling 32 sample_type lhs 33 samples = 10 34 seed = 15347 35\endverbatim 36Theory:: 37Faq:: 38See_Also:: 39