Existence and boundedness of the Kuhn-Tucker multipliers in nonsmooth multiobjective optimization (Q987521)

Given a nonsmooth multiobjective optimization problem with inequality constraints and an arbitrary set constraint, constraint qualifications are suggested that are both necessary and sufficient for the Kuhn-Tucker multiplier set to be nonempty and bounded at locally weak efficient solutions where the objective and constraint functions are locally Lipschitz. The constraint qualifications are based on upper convexificators satisfying some semiregularity conditions, generalizing the Clarke subdifferentials and the Michel-Penot subdifferentials of a locally Lipschitz function. For optimization problems without equality constraints, the constraint qualifications are of the Mangasarian-Fromovitz type. The results are accompanied by several examples showing, among others, that, while the suggested constraint qualifications based on upper convexificators are satisfied at a locally weak efficient solution, they may fail to hold when the convexificators are replaced by the Clarke subdifferentials or the Michel-Penot subdifferentials.