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Higher-Order Optimality Conditions for Set-Valued Optimization

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This paper deals with higher-order optimality conditions of set-valued optimization problems. By virtue of the higher-order derivatives introduced in (Aubin and Frankowska, Set-Valued Analysis, Birkhäuser, Boston, [1990]) higher-order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are obtained for a set-valued optimization problem whose constraint condition is determined by a fixed set. Higher-order Fritz John type necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are also obtained for a set-valued optimization problem whose constraint condition is determined by a set-valued map.

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Communicated by S. Schaible.

This research was partially supported by the Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Number 60574073) and Natural Science Foundation Project of CQ CSTC (Grant 2007BB6117).

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Li, S.J., Teo, K.L. & Yang, X.Q. Higher-Order Optimality Conditions for Set-Valued Optimization. J Optim Theory Appl 137, 533–553 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-007-9345-3

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