Optimality analysis for $$\epsilon $$ -quasi solutions of optimization problems via $$\epsilon $$ -upper convexificators: a dual approach

The theory of duality is of fundamental importance in the study of vector optimization problems and vector equilibrium problems. A Mond–Weir-type dual model for such problems is important in practice. Therefore, studying such problems with a dual approach is really useful and necessary in the literature. The goal of this article is to formulate Mond–Weir-type dual models for the minimization problem (P), the constrained vector optimization problem (CVOP) and the constrained vector equilibrium problem (CVEP) in terms of \(\epsilon \)-upper convexificators. By applying the concept of \(\epsilon \)-pseudoconvexity, some weak, strong and converse duality theorems for the primal problem (P) and its dual problem (DP), the primal vector optimization problem (CVOP) and its Mond–Weir-type dual problem (MWCVOP), the primal vector equilibrium problem (P) and its Mond–Weir-type dual problem (MWCVEP) are explored.