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# problem.msaddjob

Purpose
This subroutine is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use problem.msAddJob instead.
Adds a multistart job to the multistart pool
Synopsis
`problem.msaddjob(description, ivcols, ivvalues, control, job_object)`
Arguments

description | Text description of the job. Used for messaging, may be None if not required.
ivcols | Indices of the variables for which to set an initial value. May be None if nIVs is zero.
ivvalues | Initial values for the variables for which to set an initial value. May be None if nIVs is zero.
control | Python dictionary with control strings as keys and numbers as values. Note that only numerical controls are allowed.
job_object | Job-specific user context object to be passed to the multistart callbacks.

Further information

Adds a mutistart job, applying the specified initial point and option combinations on top of the base problem, i.e., the options and initial values specified to the function is applied on top of the existing settigns.

This function allows for loading empty template jobs, that can then be identified using the pJobObject variable.

Related topics
problem.msAddPreset, problem.msAddCustomPreset, problem.msClear, problem.msAddJob
Parent Topic Deprecated functionality

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