Set optimization using improvement sets

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a notion of minimal solutions for set-valued optimization problem in terms of improvement sets, by unifying a solution notion, introduced by Kuroiwa [15] for set-valued problems, and a notion of optimal solutions in terms of improvement sets, introduced by Chicco et al. [4] for vector optimization problems. We provide existence theorems for these solutions, and establish lower convergence of the minimal solution sets in the sense of Painlevé-Kuratowski.

Keywords

• set-valued optimization
• improvement set
• Painlevé-Kuratowski convergence