quality_function_max_section_steps:

Maximum number of search steps during direct search procedure determining the optimal centering parameter. $\;$
The golden section search is performed for the quality function based mu oracle. (Only used if option "mu_oracle" is set to "quality-function".) The valid range for this integer option is $0 \le {\tt quality\_function\_max\_section\_steps } < {\tt +inf}$ and its default value is $8$.