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Higher-order symmetric duality for a class of multiobjective fractional programming problems

Gao Ying

Author Affiliations

Department of Mathematics, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 400047, China

Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2012, 2012:142 doi:10.1186/1029-242X-2012-142

Published: 20 June 2012

Abstract

In this paper, a pair of nondifferentiable multiobjective fractional programming problems is formulated. For a differentiable function, we introduce the definition of higher-order (F, α, ρ, d)-convexity, which extends some kinds of generalized convexity, such as second order F-convexity and higher-order F -convexity. Under the higher-order (F, α, ρ, d)-convexity assumptions, we prove the higher-order weak, higher-order strong and higher-order converse duality theorems.

Mathematics Subject Classification (2010) 90C29; 90C30; 90C46.

Keywords:
Higher-order symmetric duality; multiobjective fractional programming; higher-order (F, α, ρ, d)-convexity.