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Minimal points, variational principles, and variable preferences in set optimization

  • Truong Q. Bao
  • , Boris S. Mordukhovich*
  • , Antone Soubeyran
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The paper is devoted to variational analysis of set-valued mappings acting from quasimetric spaces into topological spaces with variable ordering structures. Besides the mathematical novelty, our motivation comes from applications to adaptive dynamical models of behavioral sciences. We develop a unified dynamical approach to variational principles in such settings based on the new minimal point theorem for product sets with general ordering. This approach allows us, in particular, to establish enhanced versions of the Ekeland variational principle for set-valued mappings ordered by variable preference.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1511-1537
Number of pages27
JournalJournal of Nonlinear and Convex Analysis
Volume16
Issue number8
StatePublished - 2015

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Keywords

  • Minimal points of sets
  • Multiobjective optimization
  • Set-valued mappings
  • Variable ordering structures
  • Variational analysis
  • Variational principles

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analysis
  • Geometry and Topology
  • Control and Optimization
  • Applied Mathematics

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