Generalized concavity

zbMath0679.90029MaRDI QIDQ1187662

W. Erwin Diewert, Siegfried Schaible, Israel Zang, Mordecai Avriel

Publication date: 17 September 1992

Published in: Mathematical Concepts and Methods in Science and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

arcwise connected functions; generalization of concave functions; Necessary and sufficient optimality conditions; pseudoconcave functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90C30: Nonlinear programming

90C32: Fractional programming

49M37: Numerical methods based on nonlinear programming

90-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming

49N15: Duality theory (optimization)

26B25: Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations

49K10: Optimality conditions for free problems in two or more independent variables

49-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to calculus of variations and optimal control

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