We consider a minmax programming problem involving several generalized B-vex n-set functions. Some optimality results and Wolfe type duality theorems are given. As a special case, an n-set generalized minmax fractional programming problem is considered

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Vasile Preda

Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bucharest, Str. Academiei nr. 14, 70109 Bucharest, Romania

Anton Bătătorescu

Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bucharest, Str. Academiei nr. 14, 70109 Bucharest, Romania

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V. Preda, A. Bătătorescu. “On Duality for Minmax Generalized B-vex Programming Involving n-Set Functions.” Journal of Convex Analysis 9 (2002), No. 2, 609–623. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca09036