Article ID: | iaor1995752 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 659 |
End Page Number: | 675 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1994 |
Journal: | Mathematics of Operations Research |
Authors: | Luc D.T., Thera M. |
A new concept of derivative is introduced reflecting the global, rather than the local, behavior of a given function. Basic properties and calculus rules for this derivative are provided. Then they are applied to establish some characterizations of convex functions and some optimality conditions in mathematical programming.