Parametric approximation problems arising in vector optimization

In this paper, a known scalarization result of vector optimization theory is reviewed and stated in a different form and a new short proof is presented. Moreover, it is shown how to apply this result to multi-objective optimization problems and to special problems in statistics and optimal control theory.The author is grateful to Professor H. Schellhaas and T. Staib for helpful discussions on this subject and to a referee for pointing out an error in an earlier version of this paper.