def METHOD_NAME(self) -> None:
    """Computes the VSCF initial point array for a given excitation list.
    In the VSCF case this is simply an all-zero array.
    Returns:
        An all-zero array with the same length as the excitation list.
    """
    # Ansatz operators must be built to compute the excitation list.
    _ = self._ansatz.operators
    self._parameters = np.zeros(
        self._ansatz.reps * len(self._ansatz.excitation_list), dtype=float
    )