When seeking help with DAKOTA, consider these support mechanisms in turn:
- Documentation: Review the DAKOTA Documentation and Frequently Asked Questions. There is extensive
documentation in User's and Reference Manuals, and information on
integrating DAKOTA as a library in the Developer's manual. Also see
slide content used in our DAKOTA training
classes.
- Public User Community: DAKOTA is an open source and
publicly available project with a significant worldwide user base. Our
vision is that DAKOTA users will increasingly help each other with
questions and issues. We encourage general usage questions about how
to use DAKOTA, including how to install, choose algorithms, or
interface to an application code, be posted to our public user's mailing list.
- Bugs, feature requests, and specific issues: For a further summary of support options, including issue tracking, see
Support Priority: Our user service is roughly prioritized in this order:
- Sandia National Laboratories users and integrators
- CRADA and other DOE users and partners, e.g., NNSA/ASC labs, NEAMS and CASL Nuclear Energy initiatives
- Close research or software collaborators
- Other users
Additional in-depth information is available in the links to the left.
