Generalizations of the classical concept of a convex function have been proposed in various fields such as economics, management science, engineering, statistics and applied sciences during the second half of this century. In addition to new results in more established areas of generalized...

Various generalizations of convex functions have been introduced in areas such as mathematical programming, economics, management science, engineering, stochastics and applied sciences, for example. Such functions preserve one or more properties of convex functions and give rise to models which...

This volume contains invited articles and refereed contributions presented at an international workshop held at the University of Pisa in 1988. The subject of the book is generalizations of the classical concept of a convex function. Many of these generalizations are prompted by applications in...