A note on kkt-invexity in nonsmooth continuous-time optimization

Authors

  • Valeriano Antunes de Oliveira Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brasil.
  • Marko Antonio Rojas Medar Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile.
  • Adilson José Vieira Brandão Universidade Federal do ABC, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0716-09172007000300005

Keywords:

Nonsmooth continuous-time optimization, KKT conditions, KKT-invexity.

Abstract

We introduce the notion of KKT-invexity for nonsmooth continuoustime nonlinear optimization problems and prove that this notion is a necessary and sufficient condition for every KKT solution to be a global optimal solution.

Author Biographies

Valeriano Antunes de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brasil.

Departamento de Ciencias de Computacao e Estatística, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas.

Marko Antonio Rojas Medar, Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile.

Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Ciencias.

Adilson José Vieira Brandão, Universidade Federal do ABC, Brasil.

Departamento de Matemática Centro de Matemática, Computacao e Cognicao.

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Published

2017-04-12

How to Cite

[1]
V. Antunes de Oliveira, M. A. Rojas Medar, and Vieira Brandão A. J., “A note on kkt-invexity in nonsmooth continuous-time optimization”, Proyecciones (Antofagasta, On line), vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 269-279, Apr. 2017.

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