Optimality conditions in set optimization employing higher-order radial derivatives

There are two approaches of defining the solutions of a set-valued optimization problem:vector criterion and set criterion.This note is devoted to higher-order optimality conditions using both criteria of solutions for a constrained set-valued optimization problem in terms of higher-order radial derivatives.In the case of vector criterion,some optimality conditions are derived for isolated (weak) minimizers.With set criterion,necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are established for minimal solutions relative to lower set-order relation.     

On Optimization Problems with Set-Valued Objective Maps: Existence and Optimality

In this paper, we consider constrained optimization problems with set-valued objective maps. First, we define three types of quasi orderings on the set of all non-empty subsets of n-dimensional Euclidean space. Second, by using these quasi orderings, we define the concepts of lower semi-continuity for set-valued maps and investigate their properties. Finally, based on these results, we define the concepts of optimal solutions to constrained optimization problems with set-valued objective maps and we give some conditions under which these optimal solutions exist to the problems and give necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality.     

Four types of nonlinear scalarizations and some applications in set optimization

There are two types of criteria of solutions for the set-valued optimization problem, the vectorial criterion and set optimization criterion. The first criterion consists of looking for efficient points of set valued map and is called set-valued vector optimization problem. On the other hand, Kuroiwa–Tanaka–Ha started developing a new approach to set-valued optimization which is based on comparison among values of the set-valued map. In this paper, we treat the second type criterion and call set optimization problem. The aim of this paper is to investigate four types of nonlinear scalarizing functions for set valued maps and their relationships. These scalarizing functions are generalization of Tammer–Weidner’s scalarizing functions for vectors. As applications of the scalarizing functions for sets, we present nonconvex separation type theorems, Gordan’s type alternative theorems for set-valued map, optimality conditions for set optimization problem and Takahashi’s minimization theorems for set-valued map.     

A new nonlinear scalarization function and applications

In this paper, a new nonlinear scalarization function, which is a generalization of the oriented distance function, is introduced. Some properties of the function are discussed. Then the function is applied to obtain some new optimality conditions and scalar representations for set-valued vector optimization problems with set optimization criteria. In terms of the function and the image space analysis, some new alternative results for generalized parametric systems are derived.     

Treatment of set order relations by means of a nonlinear scalarization functional: a full characterization

In this paper, we show how a nonlinear scalarization functional can be used in order to characterize several well-known set order relations and which thus plays a key role in set optimization. By means of this functional, we derive characterizations for minimal elements of set-valued optimization problems using a set approach. Our methods do not rely on any convexity assumptions on the considered sets. Furthermore, we develop a derivative-free descent method for set optimization problems without convexity assumptions to verify the usefulness of our results.     

锥似凸映射下集值优化Henig有效解的高阶最优性条件(英文)

This paper deals with higher-order optimality conditions for Henig effcient solutions of set-valued optimization problems.By virtue of the higher-order tangent sets, necessary and suffcient conditions are obtained for Henig effcient solutions of set-valued optimization problems whose constraint condition is determined by a fixed set.     

Optimality conditions for set-valued maps with set optimization

Problems in set-valued optimization can be solved via set optimization. In this paper optimality conditions are studied for set-valued maps with set optimization. Optimality requirements are established for continuous selections using directional derivatives. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions are shown for set-valued maps under generalized convexity assumptions and with the notion of the contingent derivative.     

非凸向量集值优化Benson真有效解的最优性条件与对偶

在无需偏序锥内部非空的情况下给出了非凸约束向量集值优化Benaon真有效解一种加细的最优性条件，并建立了向量集值优化Benson真有效解一种改进的Lagrange乘子型对偶，它比已有的Lagrange乘子型对偶具有较好的对偶性。     

Methods of variational analysis in multiobjective optimization

This article studies new applications of advanced methods of variational analysis and generalized differentiation to constrained problems of multiobjective/vector optimization. We pay most attention to general notions of optimal solutions for multiobjective problems that are induced by geometric concepts of extremality in variational analysis, while covering various notions of Pareto and other types of optimality/efficiency conventional in multiobjective optimization. Based on the extremal principles in variational analysis and on appropriate tools of generalized differentiation with well-developed calculus rules, we derive necessary optimality conditions for broad classes of constrained multiobjective problems in the framework of infinite-dimensional spaces. Applications of variational techniques in infinite dimensions require certain ‘normal compactness’ properties of sets and set-valued mappings, which play a crucial role in deriving the main results of this article.     

A Hausdorff-type distance,a directional derivative of a set-valued map and applications in set optimization

Abstract

In this paper, we follow Kuroiwa’s set approach in set optimization, which proposes to compare values of a set-valued objective map F with respect to various set order relations. We introduce a Hausdorff-type distance relative to an ordering cone between two sets in a Banach space and use it to define a directional derivative for F. We show that the distance has nice properties regarding set order relations and the directional derivative enjoys most properties of the one of a scalar single-valued function. These properties allow us to derive necessary and/or sufficient conditions for various types of maximizers and minimizers of F.     

集值优化问题在有效意义下的最优性条件

本文在赋范空间中,讨论集值优化问题的有效元导数型最优性条件.当目标映射和约束映射的下方向导数存在时,在近似锥次类凸假设下利用有效点的性质和凸集分离定理得到了集值优化问题有效元导数型Kuhn-Thcker必要条件,在可微Г-拟凸性的假设下得到了Kuhn-Tucker最优性充分条件;此外利用集值映射沿弱方向锥的导数的特性给出了有效解最优性的另一种刻画.     

Higher-order optimality conditions for strict and weak efficient solutions in set-valued optimization

In this paper, we introduce a notion of higher-order Studniarski epiderivative of a set-valued map and study its properties. Then, we discuss their applications to optimality conditions in set-valued optimization. Higher-order optimality conditions for strict and weak efficient solutions of a constrained set-valued optimization problem are established. Some remarks on the existing results in the literature are given from our results.     

On optimization problems with set-valued objective maps

In this paper, we consider constrained optimization problems with set-valued objective maps. First, we define three types of quasi orderings on the set of all non-empty subsets in n-dimensional Euclidean space and investigate their properties. Next, by using these orderings, we define the concepts of the convexities to set-valued maps and investigate their properties. Finally, based on these results, we define the concepts of optimal solutions to constrained optimization problems with set-valued objective maps and characterize their properties.     

Optimal value functions of generalized semi-infinite min-max programming on a noncompact set

In this paper, we study optimal value functions of generalized semi-infinite min-max programming problems on a noncompact set. Directional derivatives and subd-ifferential characterizations of optimal value functions are given. Using these properties, we establish first order optimality conditions for unconstrained generalized semi-infinite programming problems.     

Higher-Order Optimality Conditions for Set-Valued Optimization

This paper deals with higher-order optimality conditions of set-valued optimization problems. By virtue of the higher-order derivatives introduced in (Aubin and Frankowska, Set-Valued Analysis, Birkhäuser, Boston, [1990]) higher-order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are obtained for a set-valued optimization problem whose constraint condition is determined by a fixed set. Higher-order Fritz John type necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are also obtained for a set-valued optimization problem whose constraint condition is determined by a set-valued map.     

Set optimization by means of variable order relations

We introduce several variable order relations to compare sets in a linear topological space and we consider set optimization problems equipped with these variable ordering structures. By considering a set approach, we introduce characterizations for optimal solutions and we provide a kind of vectorization result to obtain solutions of set optimization problems equipped with the introduced variable order relations.     

Nonconvex scalarization in set optimization with set-valued maps

The aim of this work is to obtain scalar representations of set-valued optimization problems without any convexity assumption. Using a criterion of solution introduced by Kuroiwa [D. Kuroiwa, Some duality theorems of set-valued optimization with natural criteria, in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Convex Analysis, World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 1999, pp. 221-228], which is based on ordered relations between sets, we characterize this type of solutions by means of nonlinear scalarization. The scalarizing function is a generalization of the Gerstewitz's nonconvex separation function. As applications of our results we give two existence theorems for set-valued optimization problems.     

Solving Ill-posed Bilevel Programs

This paper deals with ill-posed bilevel programs, i.e., problems admitting multiple lower-level solutions for some upper-level parameters. Many publications have been devoted to the standard optimistic case of this problem, where the difficulty is essentially moved from the objective function to the feasible set. This new problem is simpler but there is no guaranty to obtain local optimal solutions for the original optimistic problem by this process. Considering the intrinsic non-convexity of bilevel programs, computing local optimal solutions is the best one can hope to get in most cases. To achieve this goal, we start by establishing an equivalence between the original optimistic problem and a certain set-valued optimization problem. Next, we develop optimality conditions for the latter problem and show that they generalize all the results currently known in the literature on optimistic bilevel optimization. Our approach is then extended to multiobjective bilevel optimization, and completely new results are derived for problems with vector-valued upper- and lower-level objective functions. Numerical implementations of the results of this paper are provided on some examples, in order to demonstrate how the original optimistic problem can be solved in practice, by means of a special set-valued optimization problem.     

Generalized Higher-Order Optimality Conditions for Set-Valued Optimization under Henig Efficiency

In this paper, generalized mth-order contingent epiderivative and generalized mth-order epiderivative of set-valued maps are introduced, respectively. By virtue of the generalized mth-order epiderivatives, generalized necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are obtained for Henig efficient solutions to a set-valued optimization problem whose constraint set is determined by a fixed set. Generalized Kuhn–Tucker type necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are also obtained for Henig efficient solutions to a set-valued optimization problem whose constraint set is determined by a set-valued map.