Some relations between variational-like inequalities and efficient solutions of certain nonsmooth optimization problems (Q2469040)

Summary: We study the equivalence between the solutions of the variational-like inequality problem and the solutions of certain nonsmooth and nonconvex vectorial optimization problem. We extend the results obtained earlier by \textit{G. M. Lee} [Appl. Optim. 39, 167--179 (2000; Zbl 0969.49003), for nonsmooth invex optimization problems. This paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we fix some basic notation and terminology. In Section 3, we prove some connections between efficient solutions and vectorial optimization problems; in Section 4, we consider the case of weakly efficient solutions. Finally, in Section 5, we use the results of the previous sections to show an existence result for weakly efficient solutions of the nonsmooth invex vectorial optimization problem, under a weak hypothesis regarding compactness.