Download or read book Nonsmooth Vector Functions and Continuous Optimization written by V. Jeyakumar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the study of nonsmooth vector functions, this book presents a comprehensive account of the calculus of generalized Jacobian matrices and their applications to continuous nonsmooth optimization problems, as well as variational inequalities in finite dimensions. The treatment is motivated by a desire to expose an elementary approach to nonsmooth calculus, using a set of matrices to replace the nonexistent Jacobian matrix of a continuous vector function.