From the Ideas of Edgeworth and Pareto in Exchange Economy to Multi-Objective Mathematical Programming

Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2017     |     PP. 15-27      |     PDF (321 K)    |     Pub. Date: April 25, 2017
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Author(s)

Zdravko Dimitrov Slavov, Varna Free University, Varna, Bulgaria
Christina Slavova Evans, The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA

Abstract
In this paper we consider the first general theories of multi-objective mathematical programming. They stem from optimization techniques in economics and are attributed to the economists Francis Edgeworth and Vilfredo Pareto. We will focus our attention on these ideas from a mathematical point of view.

Keywords
optimization, multi-objective mathematical programming, Edgeworth-box, Pareto-optimal, equilibrium.

Cite this paper
Zdravko Dimitrov Slavov, Christina Slavova Evans, From the Ideas of Edgeworth and Pareto in Exchange Economy to Multi-Objective Mathematical Programming , SCIREA Journal of Mathematics. Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2017 | PP. 15-27.

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