Research Article Time-Dependent Variational Inequality for an Oligopolistic Market Equilibrium Problem with Production and Demand Excesses
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1 Abstract and Applied Analysis Volume 212, Article ID , 35 pages doi:1.1155/212/ Research Article Time-Dependent Variational Inequality for an Oligopolistic Market Equilibrium Problem with Production and Demand Excesses Annamaria Barbagallo 1 and Paolo Mauro 2 1 Department of Mathematics and Applications R. Caccioppoli, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 8126 Naples, Italy 2 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria, Catania, Italy Correspondence should be addressed to Annamaria Barbagallo, annamaria.barbagallo@unina.it Received 2 February 212; Accepted 2 March 212 Academic Editor: Kanishka Perera Copyright q 212 A. Barbagallo and P. Mauro. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The paper is concerned with the variational formulation of the oligopolistic market equilibrium problem in presence of both production and demand excesses. In particular, we generalize a previous model in which the authors, instead, considered only the problem with production excesses, by allowing also the presence of demand excesses. First we examine the equilibrium conditions in terms of the well-known dynamic Cournot-Nash principle. Next, the equilibrium conditions will be expressed in terms of Lagrange multipliers by means of the infinite dimensional duality theory. Then, we show the equivalence between the two conditions that are both expressed by an appropriate evolutionary variational inequality. Moreover, thanks to the variational formulation, some existence and regularity results for equilibrium solutions are proved. At last, a numerical example, which illustrates the features of the problem, is provided. 1. Introduction The aim of this paper is to introduce a time-dependent variational formulation for the dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium model in presence of both production and demand excesses. Moreover, in line with 1, we want to eliminate the serious drawback present in 2 where the authors made the unreasonable assumption that the production of a given commodity could be unbounded, by making possible any commodity shipment from a firm to a demand market. This is not possible because the amount of a commodity that the producers can offer is limited as a consequence of finite resources. Therefore, it can happen that some of the amounts of the available commodity are sold out so that can occur
2 2 Abstract and Applied Analysis an excess of demand, whereas for a part of the producers can occur an excess of production. The question about the unbounded production had already been solved in 1, butthe presence of both excesses realizes a more complete study of the problem. In order to clarify the presence of both production and demand excesses we consider some concrete economic situations. During an economic crisis period the presence of production excesses can be due to a demand decrease in demand markets and, on the other hand, the presence of demand excesses may occur when the supply cannot satisfy the demand especially for fundamental goods. Moreover, since the market model presented in this paper evolves in time, the presence of both production and demand excesses is a consequence of the fact that the physical transportation of commodity between a firm and a demand market is evidently limited, therefore, there can exist some time intervals in which some of the demand markets require more commodity, though some firms produce more commodity than they can send to all the demand markets. For these reasons the new model results in a more realistic generalization of the ones presented in 1, 2, where the authors studied the case without presence of excesses and the case with the only presence of production excesses, respectively. The equilibrium formulation fits in the light of a dynamic noncooperative behaviour. The first author who treated the most trivial example of noncooperative behaviour between two producers of a given commodity, nowadays called duopoly problem, was Cournot see 3. LaterNash,in4, 5, extended this concept by introducing m agents in his model nowadays called noncooperative game, each acting according to his own self-interest. In order to study the time-dependent behaviour of the model, we will afford this study by considering the evolution of the market in time and, as a consequence, all the variables present in this model, such as the costs, the commodity shipments, and the excesses depend on time. As Beckmann and Wallace pointed out, for the first time, in 6, the time-dependent formulation of equilibrium problems allows one to explore the dynamics of adjustment processes in which a delay on time response is operating. Of course a delay on time response always happens because the processes have not an infinite speed. Usually, such adjustment processes can be represented by means of a memory term which depends on previous equilibrium solutions according to the Volterra operator see, e.g., 7. The time-dependent process was one of the main features of the paper 2 where, in particular, the authors studied the variational formulation and proved the existence and regularity of a dynamic equilibrium solution. Moreover, the regularity property allows to provide a computational procedure to compute the equilibrium solutions see, e.g., In 13 the authors, through the notion of quasi-relative interior of sets see 14, applied the infinite dimensional duality results developed in to overcome the difficulty of the voidness of the interior of the ordering cone which defines the constraints of the problem and so proved the existence of Lagrange variables which permit to describe the behaviour of the market. Moreover, in 13 some sensitivity results have been obtained each of them showing that small changes of the solution happen in correspondence with small changes of the profit function. In 7, 19, an oligopolistic market equilibrium model with an explicit long-term memory has been considered. Then, in 19, the Lipschitz continuity of the solution, which depends on the variation rate of projections onto time-dependent constraints set, is shown and the existence of Lagrange multipliers is provided. In the first part of the paper, we present the equilibrium conditions in presence of excesses according to the well-known Cournot-Nash principle. This is a practical equilibrium definition that expresses that each firm acts trying to maximize its own profit. The second one, more theoretical, is shown through the Lagrange variables that better emphasize, in particular, the presence of excess constraints. The equilibrium conditions established in terms
3 Abstract and Applied Analysis 3 of Lagrange variables do not arouse any concern because we will prove that their presence is not influential in the definition of equilibrium because we can characterize such equilibrium conditions by means of an evolutionary variational inequality that does not contain the Lagrange variables. Another thing to notice is that the equilibrium conditions, provided with the help of the duality theory, are equivalent to the dynamic Cournot-Nash equilibrium principle because we can prove that they are both equivalent to the same evolutionary variational inequality. Such variational formulation gives us a powerful tool for the study of the existence, the regularity, and the calculus of equilibrium solutions. In particular, we show that the constraint set satisfies the property of set convergence in Kuratowski s sense which has an important role in order to guarantee the continuity of equilibrium solutions. Moreover, the continuity property is very useful in order to introduce a numerical scheme to compute equilibrium solutions see 2, 21. The outline of the paper is as the following. In Section 2, we describe the model of the dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium problem in presence of both production and demand excesses and we show the equilibrium conditions making use of both Cournot- Nash principle and Lagrange multipliers. In Section 3, we recall the new infinite dimensional duality theory requested to show the existence of Lagrange variables. In Section 4, after showing some preliminary lemmas, we give the proof of the characterization of the dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium conditions established in terms of Lagrange variables by means of an evolutionary variational inequality, so we can derive their equivalence with the dynamic Cournot-Nash principle. In Section 5, after recalling some preliminary definitions, we give some existence results. Section 6 is devoted to provide a regularity result for the equilibrium solution after proving that the constraint set of commodity shipments satisfies the requirements of the set convergence in Kuratowski s sense. Finally, in Section 7, we provide a numerical example of a dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium problem in presence of production and demand excesses and underline some important features of the problem. 2. Dynamic Oligopolistic Market Equilibrium Let us consider m firms P i,,...,m, that produce only one commodity and n demand markets Q j, j 1,...,n, that are generally spatially separated. Assume that the homogeneous commodity, produced by the m firms and consumed by the n markets, is involved during a time interval,t, T>. Let p i t, i 1,...,m, denote the nonnegative commodity output produced by firm P i at the time t,t. Letq j t, j 1,...,n, denote the nonnegative demand for the commodity at demand market Q j at the time t,t.letx t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, denote the nonnegative commodity shipment between the supply market P i and the demand market Q j at the time t,t. In particular, let us set the vector x i t x i1 t,...,x in t, i 1,...,m, t,t as the strategy vector for the firm P i. Finally, let us introduce the production and demand excesses. Let ɛ i t, i 1,...,m, be the nonnegative production excess for the commodity of the firm P i at the time t,t.letδ j t, j 1,...,n, be the nonnegative demand excess for the commodity of the demand market Q j at the time t,t. Let us group the production output into a vector-function p :,T R m, the demand output into a vector-function q :,T R n, the commodity shipments into a matrix-function x :,T R mn, the production excess into a vector-function ɛ :,T R m, and the demand excess into a vector-function δ :,T R n.
4 4 Abstract and Applied Analysis Let us assume that the following feasibility conditions hold: p i t x t ɛ i t, q j t x t δ j t, i 1,...,m, a.e. in,t, j 1,...,n, a.e. in,t. 2.1 Hence, the quantity produced by each firm P i,atthetimet,t, must be equal to the commodity shipments from that firm to all the demand markets plus the production excess, at the same time t,t. Moreover, the quantity demanded by each demand market Q j, at the time t,t, must be equal to the commodity shipments from all the firms to that demand market plus the demand excess, at the same time t,t. Furthermore, we assume that the nonnegative commodity shipment between the producer P i and the demand market Q j has to satisfy time-dependent constraints, namely, there exist two nonnegative functions x, x :,T R mn such that x t x t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, a.e. in,t. 2.2 For technical reasons, let us assume that x L 2,T, R mn, x L 2,T, R mn, x L 2,T, R mn, ɛ L 2,T, R m, δ L 2,T, R n. 2.3 As a consequence, we have p L 2,T, R m, q L 2,T, R n. 2.4 Then, the set of feasible vectors x, ɛ, δ L 2,T, R mnmn is K x, ɛ, δ L2,T, R mnmn : x t x t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, a.e. in,t, ɛ i t, i 1,...,m, a.e. in,t, p i t x t ɛ i t, i 1,...,m, a.e. in,t, 2.5 δ j t, j 1,...,n, a.e. in,t, q j t x t δ j t, j 1,...,n, a.e. in,t.
5 Abstract and Applied Analysis 5 Furthermore, let us associate with each firm P i a production cost f i, i 1,...,m,and assume that the production cost of a firm P i may depend upon the entire production pattern, namely: f i f i t, xt,ɛt. 2.6 Similarly, let us associate with each demand market Q j, a demand price for unity of the commodity d j,j 1,...,n and assume that the demand price of a demand market Q j may depend upon the entire consumption pattern, namely: d j d j t, xt,δt. 2.7 Moreover, since we allow production excesses and, consequently, the storage of commodities, we must consider the function g i,i 1,...,m, that denotes the storage cost of the commodity produced by the firm P i and assume that this cost may depend upon the entire production pattern, namely: g i g i t, xt,ɛt. 2.8 Finally, let c,i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, denote the transaction cost, which includes the transportation cost associated with trading the commodity between firm P i and demand market Q j. Here we permit the transaction cost to depend upon the entire shipment pattern, namely: c t c t, xt. 2.9 Hence, we have the following mappings: f :,T L 2,T, R mn L 2,T, R m L 2,T, R m, d :,T L 2,T, R mn L 2,T, R n L 2,T, R n, g :,T L 2,T, R mn L 2,T, R m L 2,T, R m, c :,T L 2,T, R mn L 2,T, R mn. 2.1 The profit v i t, xt,ɛt,δt, i 1,...,m,ofthefirmP i at the time t,t is, then, v i t, xt,ɛt,δt d j t, xt,δtx t f i t, xt,ɛt g i t, xt,ɛt c t, xtx t, 2.11
6 6 Abstract and Applied Analysis namely, it is equal to the price that the demand markets are disposed to pay minus the production cost, the storage cost and the transportation costs. Now, we can rewrite K in an equivalent way. By virtue of 2.1 we can express ɛ i t in terms of p i t and x t and δ j t in terms of q j t and x t, namely: ɛ i t p i t x t, δ j t q j t x t, i 1,...,m, a.e. in,t, j 1,...,n, a.e. in,t Then, the equivalent constraint set becomes K x L 2,T, R mn : x t x t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, a.e. in,t, x t p i t, i 1,...,m, a.e. in,t, x t q j t, j 1,...,n, a.e. in,t We can observe that K includes the presence of both production and demand excesses described in K. Then, the production costs, the demand price, and the storage costs, by virtue of 2.12 and taking into account 2.6, 2.7,and2.8, become f i f i t, xt f i t, xt,ɛt, d j d j t, xt d j t, xt,δt, 2.14 g i g i t, xt g i t, xt,ɛt, and, analogously, the profit function 2.11 becomes v i t, xt v i t, xt,ɛt,δt d j t, xtx t f i t, xt g i t, xt c t, xtx t. 2.15
7 Abstract and Applied Analysis 7 Let us denote by D v v i / x,...,m, and let us assume the following assumptions:,...,n i v i t, xt is continuously differentiable for each i 1,...,m,a.e.in,T, ii D v is a Carathéodory function such that h L 2,T : D vt, xt mn ht xt mn, a.e. in,t, 2.16 iii v i t, xt is pseudoconcave with respect to the variable x i, i 1,...,m,a.e.in,T. For the reader s convenience, we recall that a function v, continuously differentiable, is called pseudoconcave with respect to x i,,...,m,a.e.in,tsee 22, if the following condition holds, a.e. in,t: v t, x 1,...,x i,...,x m,x i y i x i 2.17 ( v i t, x 1,...,x i,...,x m v i t, x1,...,y i,...,x m. Now let us consider the dynamic oligopolistic market, in which the m firms supply the commodity in a noncooperative fashion, each one trying to maximize its own profit function considered the optimal distribution pattern for the other firms, at the time t,t. We seek to determine a nonnegative commodity distribution matrix-function x for which the m firms and the n demand markets will be in a state of equilibrium as defined below. In fact, we can consider different, but equivalent, equilibrium conditions each of them illustrates important features of the equilibrium. The first one makes use of the dynamic Cournot-Nash principle see 2. Definition 2.1. x K is a dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium in presence of excesses if and only if for each i 1,...,mand a.e. in,t one has v i t, x t v i ( t, xi t, x i t, 2.18 where x i t ( x 1 t,...,x i 1 t,x t,...,x mt With the same technique used in 2, Theorem 3.1 it is possible to prove that under the assumptions i, ii, iii on v i, Definition 2.1 is equivalent to an evolutionary variational inequality, as the following result shows. Theorem 2.2. Let one suppose that assumptions (i, (ii, (iii are satisfied. Then, x K is a dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium in presence of excesses according to Definition 2.1 if and only if it satisfies the evolutionary variational inequality v i t, x t x ( x t x t dt, x K. 2.2
8 8 Abstract and Applied Analysis In Section 4 we will prove that, under the assumptions i, ii, iii on the profit function v, Definition 2.1 is equivalent to the equilibrium conditions defined through Lagrange variables which are very useful in order to analyze the presence of both production and demand excesses. Definition 2.3. x K is a dynamic oligopolistic market problem equilibrium in presence of excesses if and only if, for each i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n and a.e. in,t, there exist λ L2,T, ρ L2,T, μ i L 2,T, ν j t L2,T such that v it, x t ρ x t μ i t ν j t λ t, 2.21 ( λ t x t x t, λ t, 2.22 ρ (x t t x t, ρ t, 2.23 μ i t n x t p it, μ i t, 2.24 ( ν j t x t q jt, ν j t The terms λ t, ρ t, μ i t, ν j t are the Lagrange multipliers associated to the constraints x t x t, x t x t, n x t p it, and m x t q jt, respectively. They, as it is well known, have a topical importance on the understanding and the management of the market. In fact, at a fixed time t,t, we have: a if λ t > then, by using 2.22, weobtainx t x t, namely, the commodity shipment between the firm P i and the demand market Q j is minimum, b if x t > x t then, taking into account 2.22, λ t and, making use of 2.21,itresultsρ tμ i tν j t v it, x t/ x, namely, ρ tμ i tν j t is equal to the marginal profit, c if ρ t > then, by using 2.23, weobtainx t x t, namely, the commodity shipment between the firm P i and the demand market Q j is maximum, d if x t < x t then, making use of 2.23, ρ t and, taking into account 2.21, we get μ i tν j t λ t v it, x t/ x, namely, μ i tν j t λ t is equal to the marginal profit,
9 Abstract and Applied Analysis 9 e if μ i t > then, for the condition 2.24, we have n x t p it, namely, there is no production excess, f if n x t < p it, as a consequence of 2.24 we get μ i t and, for the condition 2.21, ρ tν j t λ t v it, x t/ x, namely, ρ tν j t λ t is equal to the marginal profit, g if ν j t > then, for the condition 2.25, itresults m x t q jt, namely, there is no demand excess, h if m x t <q jt, as a consequence of 2.25 we obtain ν j t and,forthe condition 2.21, ρ tμ i t λ t v it, x t/ x, namely, ρ tμ i t λ t is equal to the marginal profit. It is worthy to underline that in Definition 2.3, evenifin the unknown Lagrange variables λ, ρ, μ i, ν j appear, they do not influence the equilibrium definition because the following equivalent condition in terms of evolutionary variational inequality holds. Theorem 2.4. x K is a dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium in presence of excesses according to Definition 2.3 if and only if it satisfies the evolutionary variational inequality: v i t, x t( x t x dt x t, x K Taking into account Theorems 2.2 and 2.4, the equivalence between Definitions 2.1 and 2.3 is proved. Finally, we observe that also in the case in which the production is bounded and we are in presence of excesses, the meaning of Cournot-Nash equilibrium does not change. 3. Lagrange Theory Let us present the infinite dimensional Lagrange duality theory which represents an important and very recent achievement see At first, we remember some definitions and then we give some duality results see Let X denote a real normed space, let X be the topological dual of all continuous linear functionals on X,andletC be a subset of X. Given an element x ClC,theset: T C x h X : h lim λ n x n x, λ n >, x n C, n N, lim x n x n n 3.1 is called the tangent cone to C at x. If C is convex, we have see 23: T C x ClConeC x, 3.2 where ConeC λx : x C, λ.
10 1 Abstract and Applied Analysis Following Borwein and Lewis 14, we give the following definition of quasi-relative interior for a convex set. Definition 3.1. Let C be a convex subset of X. The quasi-relative interior of C, denoted by qri C, is the set of those x C for which T C x is a linear subspace of X. If we define the normal cone to C at x as the set: N C x ξ X : ξ, y x, y C, 3.3 the following result holds. Proposition 3.2. Let C be a convex subset of X and x C. Thenx qri C if and only if N C x is a linear subspace of X. Using the notion of qri C,in17, the following separation theorem is proved. Theorem 3.3. Let C be a convex subset of X and x C \ qri C. Then, there exists ξ X, ξ / θ X, such that ξ, x ξ, x, x C. 3.4 Vice versa, let one suppose that there exist ξ / θ X and a point x X such that ξ, x ξ, x,for all x C, and that ClT C x T C x X. Then, x / qri C. Now, let us present the statement of the infinite dimensional duality theory. Let X be a real linear topological space and S a nonempty convex subset of X; let Y, Y be a real normed space partially ordered by a convex cone C and let Z, Z be a real normed space. Let f : S R and g : S Y be two convex functions and let h : S Z be an affine-linear function. Let us consider the problem min fx, x K 3.5 where K x S : gx C, hx θ Z, and the dual problem max inf u C x S v Z fx u, gx v, hx, 3.6 where C u Y : u, y y C is the dual cone of C. We say that Assumption S is fulfilled at a point x K if and only if it results in T M,θ Y,θ Z, θ Y θ Z, 3.7 where M fx fx α, gxy, hx : x S \ K, α, y C. Remark 3.4. If,θ Y,θ Z / Cl M, then Assumption S holds, because T M,θ Y,θ Z.
11 Abstract and Applied Analysis 11 Remark 3.5. If Assumption S holds, T M,θ Y,θ Z /,andl, θ Y,θ Z T M,θ Y,θ Z, then l. Remark 3.6. If Assumption S holds, then,θ Y,θ Z / qri M. The following theorem holds see 16. Theorem 3.7. Under the above assumptions, if problem 3.5 is solvable and Assumption S is fulfilled at the extremal solution x K,thenalsoproblem3.6 is solvable, the extreme values of both problems are equal, and if x, u, v K C Z is the optimal point of problem 3.6, it results in: u, gx. 3.8 Using Theorem 3.7, we are able to show the usual relationship between a saddle point of the so-called Lagrange functional: Lx, u, v fx u, gx v, hx, x S, u C, v Z, 3.9 and the solution of the constraint optimization problem 3.5 see 16. Theorem 3.8. Let one assume that the assumptions of Theorem 3.7 are satisfied. Then, x K is a minimal solution to problem 3.5 if and only if there exist u C and v Z such that x, u, v is a saddle point of the Lagrange functional 3.9, namely: Lx,u,v Lx, u, v Lx, u, v, x S, u C,v Z, 3.1 and, moreover, it results in u, gx Proof of Existence of Lagrange Variables In this section, making use of the infinite dimensional Lagrange duality theory shown in Section 3, we will prove that equilibrium conditions can be equivalently expressed by the evolutionary variational inequality 2.2. As a consequence, we determine under assumptions i, ii, iii on the profit function v, the equivalence with dynamic Cournot-Nash equilibrium conditions In order to prove Theorem 2.4, let us show some preliminary results. At first we recall Lemma 3.7 in 13 for the capacity constraints of the commodity shipments. Lemma 4.1. Let x K be a solution to the variational inequality 2.2 and let one set E t,t : x t x, t i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, E t,t : x t <x t < x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, E t,t : x t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n. 4.1
12 12 Abstract and Applied Analysis Then, one has v i ( t, xt x, a.e. in E, v i t, x t x, a.e. in E, 4.2 v i t, xt x, a.e. in E. Now, we recall Lemma 4.1 in 1 that holds when production excesses occur. Lemma 4.2. Let x K be a solution to the variational inequality 2.2. Setting I i t,t : x t p it, i 1,...,m, γ i t min v it, x t,,...,n, x a.e. in I i, i 1,...,m, X i t I i : v it, x t >γ i x t, i 1,...,m, Y i t I i : v it, x t γ i x t, i 1,...,m, 4.3 one has ( v it, x t γ i x t x t, a.e. in I i, i 1,...,m, γ i t, a.e. in Yi, i 1,...,m, v it, x t, a.e. in X i, j 1,...,n. x 4.4 With the same technique used for proving Lemma 4.2, we can obtain the following analogous result that holds when demand excesses occur. Lemma 4.3. Let x K be a solution to the variational inequality 2.2. Setting H j t,t : x t q jt, j 1,...,n, η j t min v it, x t,,...,m, a.e. in H j, j 1,...,n, x
13 Abstract and Applied Analysis 13 V j t H j : v it, x t >η j x t, j 1,...,n, W j t H j : v it, x t η j x t, j 1,...,n, 4.5 one has ( v it, x t η j x t x t, a.e. in H j,,...,n, 4.6 η j t, a.e. v it, x t in W j, j 1,...,n, 4.7, a.e. in V j, i 1,...,m. x Now, we remember Lemma 4.2 in 1 that holds when production excesses occur. Lemma 4.4. Let x K be a solution to the variational inequality 2.2. Setting I i t,t : x t p it <, i 1,...,m, 4.8 one has v it, x t, a.e. in I i, i 1,...,m. 4.9 x Finally, by proceeding as in Lemma 4.4 we can prove the following analogous result that holds when demand excesses occur. Lemma 4.5. Let x K be a solution to the variational inequality 2.2. Setting H j t,t : x t q jt <, j 1,...,n, 4.1 one has v it, x t, a.e. in H j, j 1,...,n x Now we are able to prove Theorem 2.4.
14 14 Abstract and Applied Analysis Proof of Theorem 2.4. Let us assume that x K is an equilibrium solution according to Definition 2.3. Then, taking into account that λ tx t x t andρ tx t x t, a.e. in,t,wehaveforeveryx K, a.e.in,t, v it, x t( ( ( x t x x t ρ t x t x t μ i t x t x t ν j t ( x t x t λ t ( x t x t ρ t( x t x t μ i t ( x t x t 4.12 ( ν j t x t x t λ (x t t x t μ i t ( x t x t ν j t ( x t x t, and, as a consequence, by summing over i 1,...,m and j 1,...,n, integrating on,t and using the conditions 2.24 and 2.25, it results, for each x K v it, x t( x t x dt x t μ i t n x t x t p it p i t dt ( ν j t x t x t q jt q j t dt μ i t n x t p i t dt 4.13 ( ν j t x t q j t dt. Hence, we obtain 2.2. Vice versa, let x K be a solution to 2.2 and let us apply the infinite dimensional duality theory. First of all, let us prove that the Assumption S is fulfilled.
15 Abstract and Applied Analysis 15 Let us set, for x L 2,T, R mn, Ψx v it, x t( x t x dt, x t M Ψx α, x x y, x x u, x p i v i, x q j z j : i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, α, x L 2,T, R mn \ K, y, u L 2,T, R mn, v L 2,T, R m, z L 2,T, R n, 4.14 we must show that if l, θ L 2,T,R mn,θ L 2,T,R mn,θ L 2,T,R m,θ L 2,T,R n belongs to T M,θ L 2,T,R mn,θ L 2,T,R mn,θ L 2,T,R m,θ L 2,T,R n, namely: lim λ nψx n α n l, n lim λ ( n x n x y n θ L n 2,T,R mn, lim λ nx n x u n θ L n 2,T,R mn, lim n x n p i v n i θ L 2,T,R, n λ n lim n λ n ( x n q j z n j θ L 2,T,R, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, 4.15 with λ n, x n L 2,T, R mn \ K, α n, y n, u n L 2,T, R mn, v n L 2,T, R m, z n L 2,T, R n, for all n N, and lim n Ψxn α n, ( x n x y n θ L 2,T,R mn, lim n lim n xn x u n θ L 2,T,R mn, lim n x n p i v n i θ L 2,T,R, n lim n ( x n q j z n j θ L 2,T,R, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, 4.16 then l is nonnegative.
16 16 Abstract and Applied Analysis Let us set E t,t : x t x, t i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, E t,t : x t <x t < x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, E t,t : x t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, I i t,t : H j t,t : I i H j t,t : x t p it, i 1,...,m, x t q jt, j 1,...,n, x t p it <, i 1,...,m, t,t : x t q jt <, j 1,...,n, γ i t min v it, x t,,...,n, x t I i,,...,m, η j t min v it, x t,,...,m, x t H j, j 1,...,n, X i t I i : v it, x t >γ i x t, i 1,...,m, Y i V j W j t I i : v it, x t x γ i t, i 1,...,m, t H j : v it, x t >η j x t, j 1,...,n, t H j : v it, x t η j x t, j 1,...,n Before starting with the proof let us observe the following: ( (,T I i H j \ I i I i H j, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, 4.18 and also,t E E E, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n. 4.19
17 Abstract and Applied Analysis 17 Moreover, ( ( ] E E [I i H j \ I i I i H j ( ( ] ( E I i [E H j \ I i [E I i ( ( E X i E Y i ( ] [E W j \ I i ( ] [E V j \ I i [E ( I i H j H j ] ], i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, 4.2 and, analogously, E (E X i ( [E I i E (E X i ( E Y i H j ( ( ] ( ] [E V j \ I i [E W j \ I i ], i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, E Y i ( ] [E W j \ I i ( ] [E V j \ I i [E ( I i H j ], i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n Now we observe that, for Lemmas 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, and4.5, weget v it, x t, a.e. in E, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, x v ( i t, xt, a.e. in E x X i, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, v ( i t, xt γ i x t, a.e. in E Y i, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, ( t, xt v ( i, a.e. in E x V j \ I i v ( i t, xt η j x t, a.e. in E (W j \ I i v ( i t, xt, a.e. in E (I x i H j, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n,, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n,, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, v it, xt, a.e. in E x X i, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n,
18 18 Abstract and Applied Analysis v it, xt x γ i t, a.e. in E Y i, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, v it, xt (, a.e. in E x V j \ I i, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, v it, xt η j x t, a.e. in E (W j \ I i, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, v it, xt, a.e. in E (I x i H j, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n As a consequence, we have l lim λ nψx n α n n lim λ n v it, x t( x n n x t x t dt α n lim n λ n E E E v it, x t( x n x t x dt t v it, x t( x n x t x dt t v it, x t( x n x t x t dt We note that lim λ n n E v it, x t( x n x t x dt t 4.24 being v i t, x t/ x, a.e. in E, for all i 1,...,m, for all j 1,...,n. We will prove that lim λ n n E lim λ n n E v ( i t, xt ( x n x t x dt t, v it, xt( x n x t x t dt. 4.25
19 Abstract and Applied Analysis 19 In fact, it results in λ n E λ n λ n v ( i t, xt ( x n x t x dt t E X i E Y i λ n ( E V j \I i λ n ( E W j \I i λ n λ n E I i H j E X i λ n ( E V j \I i v ( i t, xt ( x n x t x dt t v ( i t, xt ( x n x t x dt t v ( i t, xt ( x n x t x dt t v ( i t, xt ( x n x t x dt t v ( i t, xt (x n t x t dt x n v ( i t, xt x n x tdt v ( i t, xt x n x tdt By virtue of the previous remarks, conditions 4.4 and 4.6, Lemmas 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5, for the conditions of belonging to the tangent cone, we get the first inequality of 4.25 and, with analogous considerations, we get the second inequality of Therefore, thanks to 4.25 and 4.24, we have that l lim n λ nψx n α n lim n λ n v it, x t( x n x t x t dt α n 4.27 is nonnegative.
20 2 Abstract and Applied Analysis Taking into account Theorems 3.7 and 3.8, if we consider the Lagrange function, L ( x, λ, ρ, μ, ν Ψx ( λ t x t x t dt ρ t ( x t x t dt μ i t n x t p i t dt 4.28 ( ν j t x t q j t dt, we have that there exist λ,ρ L 2,T, R mn, μ L 2,T, R m, ν L 2,T, R n, such that L ( x,λ,ρ,μ,ν L ( x,λ,ρ,μ,ν L ( x, λ,ρ,μ,ν, 4.29 for all x L 2,T, R mn, λ,ρ L 2,T, R mn, μ L 2,T, R m, ν L 2,T, R n, and, moreover, λ t ( x t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, ρ (x t t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, μ i t n x t p it, ( ν j t x t q jt, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n. 4.3
21 Abstract and Applied Analysis 21 Then, for conditions 4.3, Lx,λ,ρ,μ,ν, and by virtue of the right-hand side of 4.29 and the equalities 4.3,weget L ( x, λ,ρ,μ,ν v it, x t( x t x dt x t λ t ( x t x t dt ρ t ( x t x t dt μ i t ( x t x t dt ν j t ( x t x t dt 4.31 L ( x,λ,ρ,μ,ν, x L 2,T, R mn. Then, Lx, λ,ρ,μ,ν has a minimal point in x. Let us assume that x 1 x ɛ and x 2 x ɛ, for all ɛ L 2,T, R mn. Letus note that L (x 1,λ,ρ,μ,ν ( v it, x t x λ t ρ t μ i t ν i t ɛ tdt, L (x 2,λ,ρ,μ,ν ( v it, x t x ɛ L 2,T, R mn, λ t ρ t μ i t ν i t ɛ tdt, 4.32 ɛ L 2,T, R mn. As a consequence, we have I1 ( v it, x t λ x t ρ t μ i t ν i t ɛ tdt, ɛ L 2,T, R mn, 4.33
22 22 Abstract and Applied Analysis and, hence, we obtain the equilibrium conditions according to Definition 2.3, namely: v it, x t x ρ t μ i t ν j t λ t, ( λ t x t x t, λ t, ρ (x t t x t, ρ t, μ i t n x t p it, μ i t, ( ν j t x t q jt, ν j t, 4.34 for all i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n,a.e.in,T. 5. Existence Results This section is devoted to show some results for the existence of solutions to the dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium problem in presence of excesses. Let us recall some definitions see 24. LetX be a reflexive Banach space, let K be a subset of X,andletX be the dual space of X. Definition 5.1. A mapping A : K X is strongly monotone on K if and only if for all u, v K, there exists ν> such that Au Av, u v ν u v 2 K. Definition 5.2. A mapping A : K X is pseudomonotone in the sense of Karamardian K-pseudomonotone if and only if for all u, v K, Av, u v Au, u v. 5.1 Definition 5.3. A mapping A : K X is strictly pseudomonotone if and only if for all u, v K, u / v, Av, u v Au, u v >. 5.2 Definition 5.4. A mapping A : K X is pseudomonotone in the sense of Brezis Bpseudomonotone if and only if: 1 for each sequence u n weakly converging to u in short u n u in K and such that lim sup n Au n,u n v itresultsin lim inf n Au n,u n v Au, u v, v K, 5.3
23 Abstract and Applied Analysis 23 2 for each v K the function u Au, u v is lower bounded on the bounded subset of K. Let, now, K be a convex subset of X. Definition 5.5. A mapping A : K X is lower hemicontinuous along line segments, if and only if the function ξ Aξ, u v is lower semicontinuous for all u, v K on the line segments u, v. Definition 5.6. A mapping A : K X is hemicontinuous in the sense of Fan Fhemicontinuous if and only if for all v K the function u Au, u v is weakly lower semicontinuous on K. Let us recall that in the Hilbert space L 2,T, R k φ, y φt,yt dt, 5.4 is its duality mapping, where φ L 2,T, R k L 2,T, R k and y L 2,T, R k.we are able to show the following existence result. Theorem 5.7. Let one set [ A v ] ix x,,...,m,...,n A : L 2,T, R mn L 2,T, R mn, u ( x,,...,m,...,n K x L 2,T, R mn : 5.5 x t x t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, a.e. in,t, x t p i t, i 1,...,m, a.e. in,t, x t q j t, j 1,...,n, a.e. in,t. If A is B-pseudomonotone or F-hemicontinuous, or assuming that A is K-pseudomonotone and lower hemicontinuous along line segments, then the variational inequality Ax,x x, x K, 5.6 admits a solution.
24 24 Abstract and Applied Analysis Proof. Let us note that K is clearly a nonempty, closed, convex, and bounded subset of L 2,T, R mn, and, consequently, it is a weakly compact subset of L 2,T, R mn. Then, the claim is achieved by applying Theorems 2.6 and 2.7 and Corollary 3.7 in Regularity Results In the following, we want to establish conditions under which the solutions to the dynamic oligopolistic market problem with both production and demand excesses are continuous with respect to time Set Convergence Let us remember the classical notion of convergence for subsets of a given metric space X, d, which was introduced in the 195s by Kuratowski see 25,seealso26, 27. Let K n n N be a sequence of subsets of X. Let us remember that d lim n K n d lim n K n d x X : x n n N eventually in K n such that x n x, d x X : x n n N frequently in K n such that x n x, 6.1 where eventually means that there exists δ N such that x n K n for any n δ, andfrequently means that there exists an infinite subset N N such that x n K n for any n N in this last case, according to the notation given above, we also write that there exists a subsequence x kn n N x n n N such that x kn K kn. Now, we are able to recall the Kuratowski s convergence of sets. Definition 6.1. We say that the sequence K n n N converges to some subset K X in Kuratowski s sense, and we briefly write K n K, if and only if d lim n K n d lim n K n K. Thus, in order to verify that K n K, itsuffices to check that i K d lim n K n, that is, for any x K there exists a sequence x n n N eventually in d K n such that x n x, ii d lim n K n K, that is, for any sequence x n n N frequently in K n such that x n for some x S, then x K. We observe that the set convergence in Kuratowski s sense can also be expressed as follows. Remark 6.2. Let X, d be a metric space and K a nonempty, closed, and convex subset of X.A sequence of nonempty, closed and convex sets K n of X converges to K in Kuratowski s sense, as n, thatis,k n K, if and only if K1 for any x K, there exists a sequence x n n N converging to x X such that x n lies in K n for all n N, K2 for any subsequence x n n N converging to x X such that x n lies in K n, for all n N, then the limit x belongs to K. d x
25 Abstract and Applied Analysis 25 The following lemma, that now we prove, assures that the feasible set K of the dynamic oligopolistic market problem in the presence of both production and demand excesses satisfies the property of the set convergence in Kuratowski s sense. Lemma 6.3. Let x, x C,T, R mn, p C,T, R m, q C,T, R n, and let t k k N be a sequence such that t k,t, for all k N, and t k t, witht,t, ask. Then the sequence of sets Kt k xt k R mn : x t k x t k x t k, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, x t k p i t k, i 1,...,m, x t k q j t k, j 1,...,n 6.2 for all k N, converges to Kt xt R mn : x t x t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, x t p i t, i 1,...,m, x t q j t, j 1,...,n, 6.3 as k, in Kuratowski s sense. Proof. In the first part, we prove the condition K1. Lett k k N be a sequence such that t k,t, for all k N, andt k t, witht,t, ask. By virtue of the continuity of x, x, p, q, it follows that xt k xt, xt k xt, pt k pt, qt k qt, ask, respectively. Let xt Kt be fixed and let us note that, for i 1,...,mand j 1,...,n,and if it results in a t k x t x t k mp it k nq j t k mn mp it nq j t, 6.4 mn lim k a t k x t x t. 6.5 As a consequence, there exists an index ν 1 such that for k>ν 1 we get a t k, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n. 6.6
26 26 Abstract and Applied Analysis We remark lim 1 j t k m q 1 q j t ɛ i t ɛ i t, i 1,...,m, 6.7 m k where ɛ is the production excess function. Then, there exists an index ν 2 such that for k>ν 2 we have 1 j t k m q 1 q j t ɛ i t, i 1,...,m. 6.8 m Moreover, we get [ 1 lim p i t k 1 ] p i t δ j t δ j t, j 1,...,n, 6.9 k n n where δ is the demand excess function. Hence, there exists an index ν 3 such that for k>ν 3 we have 1 p i t k 1 p i t δ j t, j 1,...,n. 6.1 n n As a consequence, we can consider a sequence xt k k N such that: i for k>νmaxν 1,ν 2,ν 3, for all i 1,...,m, for all j 1,...,n, x t k x t k min x t x t, x t k x t k,a t k, 6.11 ii for k ν, for all i 1,...,m, for all j 1,...,n, x t k P Ktk x t, 6.12 where P Ktk denotes the Hilbertian projection on Kt k. Obviously if k ν, for6.12 we get xt k Kt k. Instead, for k>ν,sincefor6.6, minx t x t, x t k x t k,a t k, for all i 1,...,m, for all j 1,...,n,weobtain x t k x t k, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n Moreover, since minx t x t, x t k x t k,a t k x t k x t k, for all i 1,...,m, for all j 1,...,n, we have x t k x t k, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n. 6.14
27 Abstract and Applied Analysis 27 Now, being min x t x t, x t k x t k,a t k a t k x t x t k mp it k nq j t k mn mp it nq j t mn i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, 6.15 it results in x t k x t mp it k nq j t k mn mp it nq j t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n mn Then, taking into account 6.8,weget x t k t p i t k x 1 j t k p i t m q 1 q j t m x t p i t k p i t ɛ i t x t p i t k x t ɛ i t ɛ i t 6.17 p i t k, i 1,...,m, and, making use of 6.1, weobtain x t k x t 1 p i t k q j t k 1 n n x t q j t k q j t δ j t p i t q j t x t q j t k x t δ j t δ j t 6.18 q j t k, j 1,...,n.
28 28 Abstract and Applied Analysis Hence xt k Kt k, for all k N, and it results in lim x t k x t min x t x t, x t x t,x t x t k x t x t x t 6.19 x t. Then, the proof of the condition K1 is completed. Now let us prove condition K2. Lett k k N be a sequence such that t k,t, for all k N, andt k t, witht,t, ask. Letxt k k N be a sequence, such that xt k Kt k, for all k N, and converging to xt, ask. We need to prove that xt Kt. Since xt k Kt k, for all k N, itresultsin x t k x t k x t k, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, k N, x t k p i t k, i 1,...,m, k N, 6.2 x t k q j t k, j 1,...,n, k N. Passing to the limit as n and taking into account the continuity assumption on the functions x, x, p, q,weobtain x t x t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, x t p i t, x t q j t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n As a consequence xt Kt, and, hence, the condition K2 is achieved Continuity Theorems for Equilibrium Solutions In order to show the continuity result for the dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium solution in presence of both production and demand excesses, we present the following result see e.g., 2, Corollary 3.1.
29 Abstract and Applied Analysis 29 P 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Figure 1: Network structure of the numerical dynamic spatial oligopoly problem. Proposition 6.4. The evolutionary variational inequality 2.2 is equivalent to the point-to-point variational inequality: v it, x t( x t x x t, xt Kt, a.e. in,t, 6.22 where Kt xt R mn : x t x t x t, i 1,...,m, j 1,...,n, x t p i t, i 1,...,m, x t q j t, j 1,...,n The continuity of solutions to evolutionary variational inequalities with respect to time under the only assumption of continuity on the data has been proved in several papers see for instance Now, in our case, by applying Theorem 4.2 in 12 and taking into account Lemma 6.3, we obtain the following result. Theorem 6.5. Let one assume that the production function p, the demand function q, and the capacity constraints x and x are continuous on,t. Moreover, let one assume that the function D v is a strictly pseudomonotone and continuous on,t. Then the unique dynamic market equilibrium distribution in presence of both production and demand excesses x K is continuous on,t. 7. Numerical Example Let us present a numerical example about the dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium problem in presence of both production and demand excesses.
30 3 Abstract and Applied Analysis Let us consider four firms and four demand markets, as in Figure 1. Letx, x L 2, 1, R 16 be the capacity constraints such that, a.e. in, 1, 1 2 t 1 1 t 1 2 t 1 t xt 4 t 1 1 t 3 1 t 1 4 t 1 1 t 1, 4 t 4 7 t 2 7 t 1 1 t t 2t t 4t 3 2t 2 t 1 11 t 5 6 t xt. 3 t 4 t 3t 3 4 t 6 7 t 6 7 t 3 7 t 1 2 t 7.1 Let p L 2, 1, R 4 be the production function such that, a.e. in, 1, 5t 7t pt, 7.2 9t 11t and let q L 2, 1, R 4 be the demand function such that, a.e. in, 1, 6t 8t qt t 12t
31 Abstract and Applied Analysis 31 As a consequence, the feasible set is K x L 2(, 1, R 16 : x t x t x t, i 1,...,4, j 1,...,4, a.e. in, 1, 4 x t p i t, i 1,...,4, a.e. in, 1, 4 x t q j t, j 1,...,4, a.e. in, Let us consider the profit function v L 2, 1 L 2, 1, R 4 4, R 4 defined by v 1 t, xt 4x 2 11 t 6x2 12 t 2x2 13 t 4x2 14 t 2x 11tx 13 t 2x 12 tx 14 t 3tx 11 t 6tx 12 t tx 13 t 5tx 14 t, v 2 t, xt 2x 2 21 t 5x2 22 t 6x2 23 t 2x2 24 t 2x 21tx 23 t 2x 22 tx 31 t 2x 24 tx 33 t 6tx 21 t 5tx 22 t 4tx 23 t tx 24 t, v 3 t, xt 3x 2 31 t 4x2 32 t 2x2 33 t 2x2 34 t 2x 22tx 31 t 2x 24 tx 33 t 7.5 2x 32 tx 34 t 2tx 31 t 5tx 32 t tx 33 t 3tx 34 t, v 4 t, xt 4x 2 41 t 4x2 42 t 2x2 43 t 2x2 44 t 2x 41tx 43 t 2x 42 tx 44 t 6tx 41 t 5tx 42 t 2tx 43 t 2tx 44 t. Then, the operator D v L 2, 1 L 2, 1, R 4 4, R 4 4 is given by D vt, xt 8x 11 t 2x 13 t3t 12x 12 t 2x 14 t6t 4x 13 t 2x 11 t t 8x 14 t 2x 12 t5t 4x 21 t 2x 23 t6t 1x 22 t 2x 31 t5t 12x 23 t 2x 21 t 4t 4x 24 t 2x 33 tt. 6x 31 t 2x 22 t2t 8x 32 t 2x 34 t5t 4x 33 t 2x 24 t t 4x 34 t 2x 32 t3t 8x 41 t 2x 43 t6t 8x 42 t 2x 44 t5t 4x 43 t 2x 41 t 2t 4x 44 t 2x 42 t2t 7.6
32 32 Abstract and Applied Analysis Now, we verify that D v is a strongly monotone operator, in fact D vx D v ( y,x y 8 [ x 11 y 11 ] 2 [ x13 y 13 ][ x11 y 11 ] 12 [ ] [ ][ ] x 12 y 12 2 x14 y 14 x12 y 12 4 [ ] [ ][ ] x 13 y 13 2 x11 y 11 x13 y 13 8 [ ] [ ][ ] x 14 y 14 2 x12 y 12 x14 y 14 4 [ ] [ ][ ] x 21 y 21 2 x23 y 23 x21 y 21 1 [ ] [ ][ ] x 22 y 22 2 x31 y 31 x22 y [ ] ( ][ ] x 23 y 23 2 x21 y 21 x23 y 23 4 [ ] [ ][ ] x 24 y 24 2 x33 y 33 x24 y 24 6 [ ] [ ][ ] x 31 y 31 2 x22 y 22 x31 y 31 8 [ ] [ ][ ] x 32 y 32 2 x34 y 34 x32 y 32 4 [ ] [ ][ ] x 33 y 33 2 x24 y 24 x33 y 33 4 [ ] [ ][ ] x 34 y 34 2 x32 y 32 x34 y 34 8 [ ] [ ][ ] x 41 y 41 2 x43 y 43 x41 y 41 8 [ ] [ ][ ] x 42 y 42 2 x44 y 44 x42 y 42 4 [ ] [ ][ ] x 43 y 43 2 x41 y 41 x43 y 43 4 [ ] [ ][ ] x 44 y 44 2 x42 y 42 x44 y x y The dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium distribution in presence of excesses is the solution to the evolutionary variational inequality: v it, x t( x t x dt x t, x K. 7.8 In order to compute the solution to 7.8 we make use of the direct method see We consider the following system: 8x 11 t 2x 13 t 3t, 12x 12 t 2x 14 t 6t, 4x 13 t 2x 11t t, 8x 14 t 2x 12 t 5t, 4x 21 t 2x 23 t 6t, 1x 22 t 2x 31t 5t, 12x 23 t 2x 21 t 4t, 4x 24 t 2x 33 t t, 6x 31 t 2x 22t 2t, 8x 32 t 2x 34 t 5t, 4x 33 t 2x 24 t t, 4x 34 t 2x 32t 3t, 8x 41 t 2x 43 t 6t, 8x 42 t 2x 44 t 5t, 4x 43 t 2x 41t 2t,
33 Abstract and Applied Analysis 33 4x 44 t 2x 42t 2t, x t x t x t, i 1,...,4, j 1,...,4, x t p i t, i 1,...,4, x t q j t, j 1,...,4, 7.9 and we get the following solution, a.e. in, 1: 5 14 t t 1 14 t t 16 x t 11 t t 1 11 t 1 6 t 5 28 t 1 2 t 1 6 t t 5 7 t 4 7 t 1 7 t 3 14 t It is easy to prove that x belongs to the constraint set K, then it is the equilibrium solution. Now, we are able to compute the production excess of each firm and the demand excess of each demand market ɛ 1 t p 1 t ɛ 2 t p 2 t ɛ 3 t p 3 t ɛ 4 t p 4 t δ 1 t q 1 t δ 2 t q 2 t 4 x 1j 4 x 2j 4 x 3j 4 x 3j 4 x i1 4 x i2 t 5t t 7t t 9t t 11t t 6t t 8t t t, a.e. in, 1, t t, a.e. in, 1, t t, a.e. in, 1, t t, a.e. in, 1, t t, a.e. in, 1, t t, a.e. in, 1, 644
34 34 Abstract and Applied Analysis δ 3 t q 3 t δ 4 t q 4 t 4 x i3 4 x i4 19 t 1t t 12t t t, a.e. in, 1, t 966 t, a.e. in, Making use of the equilibrium conditions , we derive: λ t, ρ t, μ i t, ν j t, i 1,...,4, j 1,...,4, a.e. in, 1, i 1,...,4, j 1,...,4, a.e. in, 1, i 1,...,4, a.e. in, 1, j 1,...,4, a.e. in, Concluding Remarks In this paper, we have considered the variational formulation for the dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium problem in presence of both production and demand excesses. The very general model allows to study all the economic periods that a market can be gone through. In this way, the previous models presented in 2 and in 1 are improved. The equilibrium conditions are given according to the well-known dynamic Cournot- Nash principle and by means Lagrange multipliers which allow to point out the importance of the excesses in the equilibrium solutions. Making use of the variational formulation, which expresses the equilibrium conditions, the equivalence between the two equilibrium definitions is proved. In particular, the evolutionary variational inequality allows to obtain very important theoretical results for equilibrium solutions. More precisely, under general assumptions, the existence of equilibrium solutions is guaranteed. Moreover, after that the powerful property of the set convergence in Kuratowski s sense has been proved for the constraint set, a continuity result for the equilibrium solution has been obtained. References 1 A. Barbagallo and P. Mauro, Evolutionary variational formulation for oligopolistic market equilibrium problems with production excesses, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 155, no. 1, A. Barbagallo and M.-G. Cojocaru, Dynamic equilibrium formulation of the oligopolistic market problem, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, vol. 49, no. 5-6, pp , A. Cournot, Researches Into The Mathematical Principles Of The Theory Of Wealth, MacMillan, London, UK, J. F. Nash Jr., Equilibrium points in n-person games, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 36, pp , J. Nash, Non-cooperative games, Annals of Mathematics. Second Series, vol. 54, pp , M. J. Beckmann and J. P. Wallace, Continuous lags and the stability of market equilibrium, Economica, New Series 36, pp , A. Barbagallo and A. Maugeri, Memory term for dynamic oligopolistic market equilibrium problem, Aplimat, Journal of Applied Mathematics, vol. 3, pp , 21.
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