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In this paper, we present some new necessary and sufficient optimality conditions in terms of Clarke subdifferentials for approximate Pareto solutions of a nonsmooth vector optimization problem which has an infinite number of constraints. As a consequence, we obtain optimality conditions for the particular cases of cone-constrained convex vector optimization problems and semidefinite vector optimization problems. Examples are given to illustrate the obtained results.
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The authors would like to thank the anonymous referee and the handling Associate Editor for their valuable remarks and detailed suggestions that allowed us to improve the original version.
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The research of Ta Quang Son was supported by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) under grant number 101.01-2017.08. The research of Nguyen Van Tuyen was supported by the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam (grant number B2018-SP2-14). The research of Ching-Feng Wen was supported by the Taiwan MOST (grant number 107-2115-M-037-001) as well as the grant from Research Center for Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan.
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Son, T.Q., Van Tuyen, N. & Wen, CF. Optimality Conditions for Approximate Pareto Solutions of a Nonsmooth Vector Optimization Problem with an Infinite Number of Constraints. Acta Math Vietnam 45, 435–448 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40306-019-00358-x
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Keywords
- Approximate Pareto solutions
- Optimality conditions
- Clarke subdifferential
- Semi-infinite vector optimization
- Infinite vector optimization