where An is the n-fold product of the σ-algebra A of subsets of a given set X , Fi, Gi, i∈ p ≡ {1,2, . . . , p}, and Hj , j ∈ q, are real-valued functions defined on An, and for each i∈ p, Gi(S) > 0 for all S∈An such that Hj(S) ≤ 0, j ∈ q. Optimization problems of this type in which the functions Fi, Gi, i∈ p, and Hj , j ∈ q, are defined on a subset of Rn (n-dimensional Euclidean space) are cal...