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Optimality conditions and duality for arcwise connected interval optimization problems

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In this paper, the concept of arcwise connected interval-valued function is introduced. Some optimality conditions and duality results are discussed for a nonlinear interval optimization problem with arcwise connected interval-valued functions.

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Wang, H., Zhang, R. Optimality conditions and duality for arcwise connected interval optimization problems. OPSEARCH 52, 870–883 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12597-015-0213-x

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