Subdifferentials of Marginal Functions in Semi-infinite Programming

Abstract

This paper proposes two new constraint qualification conditions (CQs) which are useful for a unified study of CQs from both a convex analysis and a nonsmooth analysis point of view. Our CQs cover the existing CQs of Mangasarian–Fromovitz and Farkas–Minkowski types. Some sufficient conditions for the validity of the new CQs are given. Under these CQs, we derive formulae for computing and/or estimating the (basic and singular) subdifferentials of marginal/optimal value function in semi-infinite programming from some results of modern variational analysis and generalized differentiation. Examples are given to illustrate the obtained formulae.