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# TaoType

String with the name of a `Tao` method

## Synopsis

    typedef const char *TaoType;
    #define TAOLMVM     "lmvm"
    #define TAONLS      "nls"
    #define TAONTR      "ntr"
    #define TAONTL      "ntl"
    #define TAOCG       "cg"
    #define TAOTRON     "tron"
    #define TAOOWLQN    "owlqn"
    #define TAOBMRM     "bmrm"
    #define TAOBLMVM    "blmvm"
    #define TAOBQNLS    "bqnls"
    #define TAOBNCG     "bncg"
    #define TAOBNLS     "bnls"
    #define TAOBNTR     "bntr"
    #define TAOBNTL     "bntl"
    #define TAOBNK      "bnk"
    #define TAOBQNKLS   "bqnkls"
    #define TAOBQNKTR   "bqnktr"
    #define TAOBQNKTL   "bqnktl"
    #define TAOBQPIP    "bqpip"
    #define TAOGPCG     "gpcg"
    #define TAONM       "nm"
    #define TAOPOUNDERS "pounders"
    #define TAOBRGN     "brgn"
    #define TAOLCL      "lcl"
    #define TAOSSILS    "ssils"
    #define TAOSSFLS    "ssfls"
    #define TAOASILS    "asils"
    #define TAOASFLS    "asfls"
    #define TAOIPM      "ipm"
    #define TAOPDIPM    "pdipm"
    #define TAOSHELL    "shell"
    #define TAOADMM     "admm"
    #define TAOALMM     "almm"
    #define TAOPYTHON   "python"
    #define TAOSNES     "snes"

## Values

- `TAONLS` - nls Newton’s method with line search for unconstrained minimization

- `TAONTR` - ntr Newton’s method with trust region for unconstrained minimization

- `TAONTL` - ntl Newton’s method with trust region, line search for unconstrained minimization

- `TAOLMVM` - lmvm Limited memory variable metric method for unconstrained minimization

- `TAOCG` - cg Nonlinear conjugate gradient method for unconstrained minimization

- `TAONM` - nm Nelder-Mead algorithm for derivate-free unconstrained minimization

- `TAOTRON` - tron Newton Trust Region method for bound constrained minimization

- `TAOGPCG` - gpcg Newton Trust Region method for quadratic bound constrained minimization

- `TAOBLMVM` - blmvm Limited memory variable metric method for bound constrained minimization

- `TAOLCL` - lcl Linearly constrained Lagrangian method for pde-constrained minimization

- `TAOPOUNDERS` - Pounders Model-based algorithm for nonlinear least squares

## See Also

Summary of Tao Solvers, TAO: Optimization Solvers, `Tao`, `TaoCreate()`, `TaoSetType()`

## Level

beginner

## Location

include/petsctao.h

Index of all Tao routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages