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Necessary optimality conditions for efficient solutions of unconstrained and vector equilibrium problems with equality and inequality constraints are derived. Under assumptions on generalized convexity, necessary optimality conditions for efficient solutions become sufficient optimality conditions. Note that it is not required here that the ordering cone in the objective space has a nonempty interior.
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This research was supported by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development.
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Van Luu, D., Hang, D.D. Efficient solutions and optimality conditions for vector equilibrium problems. Math Meth Oper Res 79, 163–177 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00186-013-0457-2
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Keywords
- Efficient solutions
- Quasirelative interiors
- Quasiinteriors
- Clarke subdifferentials
- Dini subdifferentials
- \(\partial \)-Pseudoconvex functions
- \(\partial _D\)-Quasiconvex functions