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Scalarization and Separation by Translation Invariant Functions

with Applications in Optimization, Nonlinear Functional Analysis, and Mathematical Economics

  • The first monograph on translation invariant functions
  • Includes applications from vector optimization, set-valued optimization and optimization under uncertainty
  • Presents examples from mathematical finance, consumer and production theory

Part of the book series: Vector Optimization (VECTOROPT)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Introduction

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 1-4
  3. Sets and Binary Relations

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 5-57
  4. Extended Real-Valued Functions

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 59-98
  5. Translation Invariant Functions

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 99-204
  6. Minimizers of Translation Invariant Functions

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 205-224
  7. Vector Optimization in General Spaces

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 225-283
  8. Multiobjective Optimization

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 285-354
  9. Variational Analysis

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 355-368
  10. Special Cases and Functionals Related to \(\varphi _{A,k}\)

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 369-398
  11. Set-Valued Optimization Problems

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 399-436
  12. Vector Optimization with Variable Domination Structures

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 437-497
  13. Variational Methods in Topological Vector Spaces

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 499-563
  14. Algorithms for the Solution of Optimization Problems

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 565-611
  15. Optimization Under Uncertainty

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 613-631
  16. Further Applications

    • Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner
    Pages 633-661
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 663-690

About this book

Like norms, translation invariant functions are a natural and powerful tool for the separation of sets and scalarization. This book provides an extensive foundation for their application. It presents in a unified way new results as well as results which are scattered throughout the literature. The functions are defined on linear spaces and can be applied to nonconvex problems. Fundamental theorems for the function class are proved, with implications for arbitrary extended real-valued functions. The scope of applications is illustrated by chapters related to vector optimization, set-valued optimization, and optimization under uncertainty, by fundamental statements in nonlinear functional analysis and by examples from mathematical finance as well as from consumer and production theory.  

The book is written for students and researchers in mathematics and mathematical economics. Engineers and researchers from other disciplines can benefit from the applications, for example from scalarization methods for multiobjective optimization and optimal control problems. 

Reviews

“The reviewer observes that this functional has recently been most useful in the development of scalarization techniques for vector optimization problems. Hence, this book is likely to be very well received by readers.” (Phan Quốc Khánh, Mathematical Reviews, October, 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Mathematics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

    Christiane Tammer

  • Faculty of Engineering and Health, HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Petra Weidner

About the authors

Christiane Tammer is Professor at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg in Halle (Saale), Gemany. She is working in the field of variational analysis and optimization. She has co-authored four monographs: Set-Valued Optimization - An Introduction with Applications (Springer 2015), Variational Methods in Partially Ordered Spaces (Springer 2003), Angewandte Funktionalanalysis (Vieweg+Teubner  2009),  Approximation und Nichtlineare Optimierung in Praxisaufgaben (Springer 2017). She is Editor in Chief of the journal Optimization, Co-Editor in Chief of the journal Applied Set-Valued Analysis and Optimization and a member of the Editorial Board of several journals, the Scientific Committee of the Working Group on Generalized Convexity and EUROPT Managing Board.

Petra Weidner is Professor for Mathematics and Computer Science at HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen in Göttingen, Germany. She has worked at Martin-Luther-UniversityHalle-Wittenberg and University Hamburg as well as for a business consulting firm. Her research interests include fundamentals of nonlinear functional analysis, operations research, vector optimization and decision making as well as solution methods for multiobjective optimization problems.


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eBook USD 84.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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