Characterization of Nonsmooth Semistrictly Quasiconvex and Strictly Quasiconvex Functions

New concepts of semistrict quasimonotonicity and strict quasimonotonicity for multivalued maps are introduced. It is shown that a locally Lipschitz map is (semi)strictly quasiconvex if and only if its Clarke subdifferential is (semi)strictly quasimonotone. Finally, an existence result for the corresponding variational inequality problem is obtained.     

严格r-预不变凸函数

引入了严格r-预不变凸函数的概念,并证明了严格r-预不变凸函数与r-预不变凸函数有关的一个充分条件．同时,讨论得到了严格r-预不变凸性和半严格r-预不变凸性的等价条件．     

Criteria for differentiable generalized monotone maps

First-order criteria for pseudomonotonicity and quasimonotonicity are given for differentiable maps on open convex sets. These criteria are proved stronger than those introduced earlier. This research was supported by the National Research Council of Canada, Grant No A8312.     

Generalized monotonicity and generalized convexity

Generalized monotonocity of bifunctions or multifunctions is a rather new concept in optimization and nonsmooth analysis. It is shown in the present paper how quasiconvexity, pseudoconvexity, and strict pseudoconvexity of lower semicontinuous functions can be characterized via the quasimonotonicity, pseudomonotonicity, and strict pseudomonotonicity of different types of generalized derivatives, including the Dini, Dini-Hadamard, Clarke, and Rockafellar derivatives as well.This research was supported by the National Science Foundation of Hungary, Grant No. OTKA 1313/1991.     

函数强伪凸性与映射强伪单调性

1　引　　言Schaible在[1]中引入七类单调映射,并证明对其中六类,函数的某种广义凸性都和相应的梯度单调性等价,只有函数强伪凸和梯度强伪单调的等价性是否成立作为公开问题.其后,Schaible又在[2]中通过一个例子否定了两者的等价性,并引入了较弱的函数强伪凸和映射强伪单调的概念,在函数二次可微的条件下证明了函数强伪凸和梯度强伪单调等价.我们将引入强于[2]中概念的强伪凸和强伪单调性,对给出的定义,不附加条件便可保证函数强伪凸性和梯度强伪单调性等价.同时,对[2]中的一个错误予以指出,并给出正确的反例.还就[1]中问题给出远比[2]中简…     

Characterizations and Applications of Prequasi-Invex Functions

In this paper, two new types of generalized convex functions are introduced. They are called strictly prequasi-invex functions and semistrictly prequasi-invex functions. Note that prequasi-invexity does not imply semistrict prequasi-invexity. The characterization of prequasi-invex functions is established under the condition of lower semicontinuity, upper semicontinuity, and semistrict prequasi-invexity, respectively. Furthermore, the characterization of semistrictly prequasi-invex functions is also obtained under the condition of prequasi-invexity and lower semicontinuity, respectively. A similar result is also obtained for strictly prequasi-invex functions. It is worth noting that these characterizations reveal various interesting relationships among prequasi-invex, semistrictly prequasi-invex, and strictly prequasi-invex functions. Finally, prequasi-invex, semistrictly prequasi-invex, and strictly prequasi-invex functions are used in the study of optimization problems.     

Generalized Convexity of Functions and Generalized Monotonicity of Set-Valued Maps

We establish connections between some concepts of generalized monotonicity for set-valued maps introduced earlier and some notions of generalized convexity. Moreover, a notion of pseudomonotonicity for set-valued maps is introduced; it is shown that, if a function f is continuous, then its pseudoconvexity is equivalent to the pseudomonotonicity of its generalized subdifferential in the sense of Clarke and Rockafellar.     

Complementarity problems over cones with monotone and pseudomonotone maps

The notion of a monotone map is generalized to that of a pseudomonotone map. It is shown that a differentiable, pseudoconvex function is characterized by the pseudomonotonicity of its gradient. Several existence theorems are established for a given complementarity problem over a certain cone where the underlying map is either monotone or pseudomonotone under the assumption that the complementarity problem has a feasible or strictly feasible point.This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. GP-34619.     

严格预不变凸函数的两个性质

我们考虑了由杨和李在[2]中引入的严格预不变凸函数，并得到了严格预不变凸函数的两个性质，这些性质包括与中间点严格预不变凸性和预不变凸函数有关的一个充分条件以及与半严格预不变凸函数和中间点严格预不变凸性有关的一个等价条件．     

Some Remarks on the Class of Continuous (Semi-) Strictly Quasiconvex Functions

We introduce the notion of variational (semi-) strict quasimonotonicity for a multivalued operator T  : X⇉X ^* relative to a nonempty subset A of X which is not necessarily included in the domain of T. We use this notion to characterize the subdifferentials of continuous (semi-) strictly quasiconvex functions. The proposed definition is a relaxation of the standard definition of (semi-) strict quasimonotonicity, the latter being appropriate only for operators with nonempty values. Thus, the derived results are extensions to the continuous case of the corresponding results for locally Lipschitz functions.     

Generalized Invariant Monotonicity and Invexity of Non-differentiable Functions

This paper is devoted to the study of relationships between several kinds of generalized invexity of locally Lipschitz functions and generalized monotonicity of corresponding Clarke’s subdifferentials. In particular, some necessary and sufficient conditions of being a locally Lipschitz function invex, quasiinvex or pseudoinvex are given in terms of momotonicity, quasimonotonicity and pseudomonotonicity of its Clarke’s subdifferential, respectively. As an application of our results, the existence of the solutions of the variational-like inequality problems as well as the mathematical programming problems (MP) is given. Our results extend and unify the well known earlier works of many authors.     

半模糊凸模糊映射

In this paper, a new class of fuzzy mappings called semistrictly convex fuzzy mappings is introduced and we present some properties of this kind of fuzzy mappings. In particular, we prove that a local minimum of a semistrictly convex fuzzy mapping is also a global minimum. We also discuss the relations among convexity, strict convexity and semistrict convexity of fuzzy mapping, and give several sufficient conditions for convexity and semistrict convexity.     

A Note on Equilibrium Problems with Properly Quasimonotone Bifunctions

In this paper, we consider some well-known equilibrium problems and their duals in a topological Hausdorff vector space X for a bifunction F defined on K x K,where K is a convex subset of X. Some necessary conditions are investigated, proving different results depending on the behaviour of F on the diagonal set. The concept of proper quasimonotonicity for bifunctions is defined, and the relationship with generalized monotonicity is investigated. The main result proves that the condition of proper quasimonotonicity is sharp in order to solve the dual equilibrium problem on every convex set.     

关于半连续函数与凸函数的注记

在半连续前提下,给出凸函数和严格凸函数的不等式刻划．指出非空凸集上的半连续函数满足中间点凸性时,成为凸函数,满足中间点严格凸性时,成为严格凸函数．最后定义F—G广义凸函数和条件p1,p2等概念,列举若干满足条件p1,p2的数量函数和向量函数,并指出,对于F—G广义凸函数,在条件p1,p2及一定连续性条件下,可以得到类似结果．     

Closedness and Hadamard well-posedness of the solution map for parametric vector equilibrium problems

In this paper we introduced new definitions of vector topological pseudomonotonicity to study the parametric vector equilibrium problems. The main result gives sufficient conditions for closedness of the solution map defined on the set of parameters. The Hadamard well-posedness of parametric vector equilibrium problems is also analyzed by using the new definitions of vector topological pseudomonotonicity.     

Existence of Solutions of Systems of Generalized Implicit Vector Variational Inequalities

We consider five different types of systems of generalized vector variational inequalities and derive relationships among them. We introduce the concept of pseudomonotonicity for a family of multivalued maps and prove the existence of weak solutions of these problems under these pseudomonotonicity assumptions in the setting of Hausdorff topological vector spaces as well as real Banach spaces. We also establish the existence of a strong solution of our problems under lower semicontinuity for a family of multivalued maps involved in the formulation of the problems. By using a nonlinear scalar function, we introduce gap functions for our problems by which we can solve systems of generalized vector variational inequalities using optimization techniques. The first two authors were supported by SABIC and Fast Track Research Grants SAB-2006-05. They are grateful to the Department of Mathematical Sciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia for providing excellent research facilities.     

Characterizations of generalized monotone maps

This paper is a sequel to Ref. 1 in which several kinds of generalized monotonicity were introduced for maps. They were related to generalized convexity properties of functions in the case of gradient maps. In the present paper, we derive first-order characterizations of generalized monotone maps based on a geometrical analysis of generalized monotonicity. These conditions are both necessary and sufficient for generalized monotonicity. Specialized results are obtained for the affine case.     

Seven kinds of monotone maps

Known as well as new types of monotone and generalized monotone maps are considered. For gradient maps, these generalized monotonicity properties can be related to generalized convexity properties of the underlying function. In this way, pure first-order characterizations of various types of generalized convex functions are obtained.     

Characterization of the Nonemptiness and Compactness of Solution Sets in Convex and Nonconvex Vector Optimization

As a consequence of an abstract theorem proved elsewhere, a vector Weierstrass theorem for the existence of a weakly efficient solution without any convexity assumption is established. By using the notion (recently introduced in an earlier paper) of semistrict quasiconvexity for vector functions and assuming additional structure on the space, new existence results encompassing many results appearing in the literature are derived. Also, when the cone defining the preference relation satisfies some mild assumptions (but including the polyhedral and icecream cones), various characterizations for the nonemptiness and compactness of the weakly efficient solution set to convex vector optimization problems are given. Similar results for a class of nonconvex problems on the real line are established as well.Research supported in part by Conicyt-Chile through FONDECYT 104-0610 and FONDAP-Matemáticas Aplicadas II.     

Closedness of the solution map for parametric weak vector equilibrium problems

In this paper we introduced a new definition of vector topological pseudomonotonicity to study the parametric weak vector equilibrium problems. The main result gives sufficient conditions for closedness of the solution map defined on the set of parameters.