Handbook of Generalized Convexity and Generalized Monotonicity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hadjisavvas, Nicolas (Editor), Komlósi, Sándor (Editor), Schaible, Siegfried (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Series: Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications, 76
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Functions of real variables.; Game theory.; Operations research.; Management science.; Real Functions.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Operations Research, Management Science.

Various generalizations of the classical concept of a convex function have been introduced, especially during the second half of the 20th century. Generalized convex functions are the many nonconvex functions which share at least one of the valuable properties of convex functions. Apart from their...