Characterization of substantially and quasi-substantially efficient solutions in multiobjective optimization problems

Abstract

In this paper, we study the notion of substantial efficiency for a given multiobjective optimization problem. We provide two characterizations for substantially efficient solutions: the first one is based on a scalar problem and the second one is in terms of a stability concept. Moreover, this paper introduces the notion of quasi-substantial efficiency. Similar to those of substantial efficiency, two characterizations for quasi-substantially efficient solutions are obtained.