Nonsmooth Vector Functions and Continuous Optimization

• Main Authors: Jeyakumar, V. (Author), LUC, D.T (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Optimization and Its Applications, 10
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Mathematical optimization.; Calculus of variations.; Management science.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Analysis.; Optimization.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

A recent significant innovation in mathematical sciences has been the progressive use of nonsmooth calculus, an extension of the differential calculus, as a key tool of modern analysis in many areas of mathematics, operations research, and engineering. Focusing on the study of nonsmooth vector funct...

Table of Contents:

• Pseudo-Jacobian Matrices
• Calculus Rules for Pseudo-Jacobians
• Openness of Continuous Vector Functions
• Nonsmooth Mathematical Programming Problems
• Monotone Operators and Nonsmooth Variational Inequalities.