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Approximate solutions to optimization problems are characterized by means of properties like consistency, non-emptiness, behaviour w.r.t. inclusion, invariance w.r.t. translation, multiplication.
The authors wish to thank A. Rustichini, P. Wakker and T. Zolezzi for helpful suggestions on earlier versions of this paper. The financial support of CNR-Italy, the GNAFA group of CNR Italy and Tilburg University is gratefully acknowledged.
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Norde, H., Patrone, F., Tijs, S. (2004). Axiomatization for Approximate Solutions in Optimization. In: Giannessi, F., Maugeri, A., Pardalos, P.M. (eds) Equilibrium Problems: Nonsmooth Optimization and Variational Inequality Models. Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications, vol 58. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48026-3_13
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