In this paper, based on a partial order, we study the characterizations of directional derivatives and the subdifferential of fuzzy function. At the same time, we also discuss the relation between the directional derivative and the subdifferential.

In this paper we first provide a general formula of inclusion for the DiniHadamard ε-subdifferential of the difference of two functions and show that it becomes equality in case the functions are directionally approximately starshaped at a given point and a weak topological assumption is fulfilled. To this end we give a useful characterization of the Dini-Hadamard ε-subdifferential by means of ...

We study in this paper the first-order behavior of value functions in parametric dynamic programming with linear constraints and nonconvex cost functions. By establishing an abstract result on the Fréchet subdifferential of value functions of parametric mathematical programming problems, some new formulas on the Fréchet subdifferential of value functions in parametric dynamic programming are ob...

We study regularity properties of the subdifferential of proper lower semicontinuous convex functions in Hilbert spaces. More precisely, we investigate the metric regularity and subregularity, the strong regularity and subregularity of such a subdifferential. We characterize each of these properties in terms of a growth condition involving the function.

In this paper, some properties of  pseudoinvex functions, defined by means of  limiting subdifferential, are discussed. Furthermore, the Minty vector variational-like inequality,  the Stampacchia vector variational-like inequality, and the  weak formulations of these two inequalities  defined by means of limiting subdifferential are studied. Moreover, some relationships  between the vector vari...

In 1977, Hedy Attouch established that a sequence of (closed proper) convex functions epi-converges to a convex function if and only if the graphs of the subdifferentials converge (in the Mosco sense) to the subdifferential of the limiting function and (roughly speaking) there is a condition that fixes the constant of integration. We show that the theorem is valid if instead one considers funct...

In this paper we study parametric evolution inclusions of the subdifferential type and their applications to the sensitivity analysis of nonlinear, infinite dimensional optimal control problems. The parameter appears in all the data of the problem, including the subdifferential operator. First we establish several continuity results for the solution multifunction of the subdifferential inclusio...

In this paper we survey some of our recent results on the existence and uniqueness of solutions to nonconvex and nonsmooth problems which arise in Contact Mechanics. The approach is based on operator subdifferential inclusions and hemivariational inequalities, and focuses on three aspects. First, we report on results on the second order history-dependent subdifferential inclusions and hemivaria...

Lexicographic derivatives developed by Nesterov and directed subdifferentials developed by Baier, Farkhi, and Roshchina are both essentially nonconvex generalized derivatives for nonsmooth nonconvex functions and satisfy strict calculus rules and mean-value theorems. This article aims to clarify the relationship between the two generalized derivatives. In particular, for scalar-valued functions...

A number of rules for the calculus of subdifferentials of generalized convex functions are displayed. The subdifferentials we use are among the most significant for this class of functions, in particular for quasiconvex functions: we treat the Greenberg-Pierskalla’s subdifferential and its relatives and the Plastria’s lower subdifferential. We also deal with a recently introduced subdifferentia...