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Characterization of properly efficient solutions by generalized scalarization methods

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A general class of scalarization methods for multiple-objective optimization is presented. It is then shown how the optimal solutions characterize the properly efficient points.

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  1. Division of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Systems Design, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

    W. B. Gearhart (Associate Professor)

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Communicated by P. L. Yu

The author wishes to thank a referee and Professor J. Borwein, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Socita, Canada, for their helpful comments concerning the results of this paper.

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Gearhart, W.B. Characterization of properly efficient solutions by generalized scalarization methods. J Optim Theory Appl 41, 491–502 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00935368

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