Variational inequalities proved to be a very useful tool for investigation and solution of various equilibrium type problems arising in Economics, Operations Research, Mathematical Physics, and Transportation. This book is devoted to a new general approach to constructing solution methods for...

1. Convex Cones and linear Inequalities -- 1. Separation theorems -- 2. Cones and duals -- 3. Linear inequalities over cones -- 4. Theorems of the alternative -- 2. Mathematical Programming over Cones -- 5. Linear programming -- 6. Quadratic programming -- 7. The complementarity problem -- 8....

The book is a benefit for graduate and postgraduate students in the areas of operations research, decision theory, optimization theory, linear algebra, interval analysis, and fuzzy sets. The book will also be useful for the researchers in the respective areas. The first part of the book deals...