.. _interface-evaluation_scheduling-peer:

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peer
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Specify a peer partition for parallel evaluation scheduling



**Topics**


concurrency_and_parallelism


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   interface-evaluation_scheduling-peer-dynamic
   interface-evaluation_scheduling-peer-static


**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* None


**Child Keywords:**

+-------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Required/Optional       | Description of     | Dakota Keyword     | Dakota Keyword Description                    |
|                         | Group              |                    |                                               |
+=========================+====================+====================+===============================================+
| Required (Choose One)   | Scheduling Mode    | `dynamic`__        | Specify dynamic scheduling in a peer          |
|                         |                    |                    | partition when Dakota is run in parallel.     |
|                         |                    +--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|                         |                    | `static`__         | Specify static scheduling in a peer partition |
|                         |                    |                    | when Dakota is run in parallel.               |
+-------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+

.. __: interface-evaluation_scheduling-peer-dynamic.html
__ interface-evaluation_scheduling-peer-static.html



**Description**


This option overrides the Dakota parallel automatic configuration, forcing
the use of a peer partition. In a peer partition, all processors are
available to be assigned to evaluation servers. The scheduling, ``static`` or
``dynamic``, must also be specified.


