Simplified optimality conditions for minimizing the difference of vector-valued functions

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 571-586

  Flores Bazan F ^a   Oettli, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalized conjugation; Generalized convexity; Nonconvex functions; Phi subdifferentials

Indexed keywords

AXIOMATIC APPROACH; GENERALIZED CONJUGATION; GENERALIZED CONVEXITY; MINIMIZATION PROBLEMS; NON-CONVEX MINIMIZATION; NONCONVEX FUNCTIONS; OPTIMALITY CONDITIONS; PHI-SUBDIFFERENTIAL; SUBDIFFERENTIALS; VECTOR-VALUED FUNCTION;

VECTOR SPACES;

EID: 0035534787     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017535424813     Document Type: Article

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