Fixed Point Theory, Variational Analysis, and Optimization

Saleh Abdullah R. Al-Mezel is a full professor of mathematics at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the vice president for academic affairs at the University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. He holds a B.Sc from King Abdulaziz University; an M.Phil from Swansea University, Wales; and a Ph.D from Cardiff University, Wales. He possesses over ten years of teaching experience and has participated in several sponsored research projects. His publications span numerous books and international journals.Falleh Rajallah M. Al-Solamy is a professor of mathematics at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the vice president for graduate studies and scientific research at the University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. He holds a B.Sc from King Abdulaziz University and a Ph.D from Swansea University, Wales. A member of several academic societies, he possesses over 7 years of academic and administrative experience. He has completed 30 research projects on differential geometry and its applications, participated in over 14 international conferences, and published more than 60 refereed papers.Qamrul Hasan Ansari is a professor of mathematics at Aligarh Muslim University, India, from which he also received his M.Phil and Ph.D. He has co/edited, co/authored, and/or contributed to 8 scholarly books. He serves as associate editor of the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications and the Fixed Point Theory and Applications, and has guest-edited special issues of several other journals. He has more than 150 research papers published in world-class journals and his work has been cited in over 1,400 ISI journals. His fields of specialization and/or interest include nonlinear analysis, optimization, convex analysis, and set-valued analysis.

"There is a real need for this book. It is useful for people who work in areas of nonlinear analysis, optimization theory, variational inequalities, and mathematical economics."—Nan-Jing Huang, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

• Common Fixed Points in Convex Metric Spaces. Fixed Points of Nonlinear Semigroups in Modular Function Spaces. Approximation and Selection Methods for Set-Valued Maps and Fixed Point Theory. Convexity, Generalized Convexity, and Applications. New Developments in Quasiconvex Optimization. An Introduction to Variational-Like Inequalities. Vector Optimization: Basic Concepts and Solution Methods. Multi-Objective Combinatorial Optimization.