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Equilibrium of Bayesian fuzzy economies and quasi-variational inequalities with random fuzzy mappings

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a Bayesian abstract fuzzy economy model, and we prove the existence of Bayesian fuzzy equilibrium. As applications, we prove the existence of the solutions for two types of random quasi-variational inequalities with random fuzzy mappings, and we also obtain random fixed point theorems.

MSC:58E35, 47H10, 91B50, 91A44.

1 Introduction

The study of fuzzy games began with the paper written by Kim and Lee in 1998 [1]. This type of games is a generalization of classical abstract economies. For an overview of results concerning this topic, the reader is referred to [2]. However, the existence of random fuzzy equilibrium has not been studied so far. We introduce the new model of Bayesian abstract fuzzy economy, and we explore the existence of the Bayesian fuzzy equilibrium. Our model is characterized by a private information set, an action (strategy) fuzzy mapping, a random fuzzy constraint one and a random fuzzy preference mapping. The Bayesian fuzzy equilibrium concept is an extension of the deterministic equilibrium. We generalize the former deterministic models introduced by Debreu [3], Shafer and Sonnenschein [4], Yannelis and Prabhakar [5] or Patriche [2], and we search for applications.

Since Fichera and Stampacchia introduced the variational inequalities (in 1960s), this domain has been extensively studied. For recent results we refer the reader to [611] and the bibliography therein. Noor and Elsanousi [12] introduced the notion of a random variational inequality. The existence of solutions of the random variational inequality and random quasi-variational inequality problems has been proved, for instance, in [1321].

In this paper, we first define the model of the Bayesian abstract fuzzy economy and we prove a theorem of Bayesian fuzzy equilibrium existence. Then, we apply it in order to prove the existence of solutions for the two types of random quasi-variational inequalities with random fuzzy mappings. We generalize some results obtained by Yuan in [22]. As a consequence, we obtain random fixed point theorems.

The paper is organized as follows. In the next section, some notational and terminological conventions are given. We also present, for the reader’s convenience, some results on Bochner integration. In Section 3, the model of differential information abstract fuzzy economy is introduced, and the main result is also stated. Section 4 contains existence results for solutions of random quasi-variational inequalities with random fuzzy mappings.

2 Notation and definition

Throughout this paper, we shall use the following notation.

R + + denotes the set of strictly positive reals. coD denotes the convex hull of the set D. co ¯ D denotes the closed convex hull of the set D. 2 D denotes the set of all nonempty subsets of the set D. If DY, where Y is a topological space, clD denotes the closure of D.

For the reader’s convenience, we review a few basic definitions and results from continuity and measurability of correspondences and Bochner integrable functions.

Let Z and Y be sets. Let Z, Y be topological spaces and P:Z 2 Y be a correspondence. P is said to be upper semicontinuous if for each zZ and each open set V in Y with P(z)V, there exists an open neighborhood U of z in Z such that P(y)V for each yU. P is said to be lower semicontinuous if for each zZ and each open set V in Y with P(z)V, there exists an open neighborhood U of z in Z such that P(y)V for each yU.

Lemma 1 [22]

Let Z and Y be two topological spaces, and let D be an open subset of Z. Suppose P 1 :Z 2 Y , P 2 :Z 2 Y are upper semicontinuous correspondences such that P 2 (z) P 1 (z) for all zD. Then the correspondence P:Z 2 Y defined by

P(z)={ P 1 ( z ) if  z D ; P 2 ( z ) if  z D

is also upper semicontinuous.

Let E be a topological vector space, and let E be the dual space of E, which consists of all continuous linear functionals on E. The real part of pairing between E and E is denoted by Rew,x for each w E and xE. The operator P:E 2 E is called monotone if Reuv,yx0 for all uP(y) and vP(x) and x,yE.

Let now (Ω,F,μ) be a complete, finite measure space, and Y be a topological space. The correspondence P:Ω 2 Y is said to have a measurable graph if G P Fβ(Y), where β(Y) denotes the Borel σ-algebra on Y and denotes the product σ-algebra. The correspondence T:Ω 2 Y is said to be lower measurable if for every open subset V of Y, the set {ωΩ:T(ω)V} is an element of . This notion of measurability is also called in the literature weak measurability or just measurability, in comparison with the strong measurability: the correspondence T:Ω 2 Y is said to be strong measurable if for every closed subset V of Y, the set {ωΩ:T(ω)V} is an element of . In the framework we shall deal with (complete finite measure spaces), the two notions coincide (see [23]).

Recall (see Debreu [24], p.359) that if T:Ω 2 Y has a measurable graph, then T is lower measurable. Furthermore, if T() is closed-valued and lower measurable, then T:Ω 2 Y has a measurable graph.

Lemma 2 [25]

Let P n :Ω 2 Y , n=1,2 be a sequence of correspondences with measurable graphs. Then the correspondences n P n , n P n and Y P n have measurable graphs.

Let (Ω,F,μ) be a measure space, and let Y be a Banach space.

It is known (see [25], Theorem 2, p.45) that if x:ΩY is a μ-measurable function, then x is the Bochner integrable if and only if Ω x(ω)dμ(ω)<.

It is denoted by L 1 (μ,Y), the space of equivalence classes of Y-valued Bochner integrable functions x:ΩY normed by x= Ω x(ω)dμ(ω). Also, it is known (see [24], p.50) that L 1 (μ,Y) is a Banach space.

The correspondence P:Ω 2 Y is said to be integrably bounded if there exists a map h L 1 (μ,R) such that sup{x:xP(ω)}h(ω) μ-a.e.

We denote by S P the set of all selections of the correspondence P:Ω 2 Y that belong to the space L 1 (μ,Y), i.e.,

S P = { x L 1 ( μ , Y ) : x ( ω ) P ( ω ) μ -a.e. } .

We will find the conditions under which S P is nonempty and weakly compact in L 1 (μ,Y) by applying Aumann measurable selection theorem (see Appendix) and Diestel’s theorem (see Appendix).

Zadeh initiated the theory of fuzzy sets [26] as a framework for phenomena, which can not be characterized precisely. We present below several notions concerning the fuzzy sets and the fuzzy mappings.

Definition 1 (Chang [27])

If Y is a topological space, then a function A from Y into [0;1] is called a fuzzy set on Y. The family of all fuzzy sets on Y is denoted by F(Y).

  1. (2)

    If X and Y are topological spaces, then a mapping P:XF(Y) is called a fuzzy mapping.

  2. (3)

    If P is a fuzzy mapping, then, for each xX, P(x) is a fuzzy set in Y and P(x)(y)[0,1], yY is called the degree of membership of y in P(x).

  3. (4)

    Let AF(Y), a[0,1], then the set ( A ) a ={yY:A(y)>a} is called a strong a-cut set of the fuzzy set A.

The random fuzzy mappings have been defined in order to model random mechanisms generating imprecisely-valued data which can be properly described by using fuzzy sets.

Let Y be a topological space, let F(Y) be a collection of all fuzzy sets over Y, and let (Ω,F) be a measurable space.

Definition 2 (See [28])

A fuzzy mapping P:ΩF(Y) is said to be measurable if for any given a[0,1], ( P ( ) ) a :Ω 2 Y is a measurable set-valued mapping.

  1. (2)

    We say that a fuzzy mapping P:ΩF(Y) is said to have a measurable graph if for any given a[0,1], the set-valued mapping ( P ( ) ) a :Ω 2 Y has a measurable graph.

  2. (3)

    A fuzzy mapping P:Ω×XF(Y) is called a random fuzzy mapping if, for any given xX, P(,x):ΩF(Y) is a measurable fuzzy mapping.

3 Bayesian fuzzy equilibrium existence for Bayesian abstract fuzzy economies

3.1 The model of a Bayesian abstract fuzzy economy

The framework of fuzziness became part of the language of applied mathematics. The uncertainties characterize the individual feature of the decisions of the agents involved in different economic activities, and they can be described by using random fuzzy mappings. In the fuzzy model of the abstract economy, which we will define below, for each agent i, the action choice is modelled by the measurable fuzzy mapping X i , and the constraints and the preferences are modelled by the random fuzzy mappings A i and, respectively, P i . In the state of the world ωΩ, the interpretation of the number P i (ω, x ˜ )(y)[0,1], associated with ( x ˜ i (ω),y), can be the degree of intensity, with which y is preferred to x ˜ i (ω), or the degree of truth that y is preferred to x ˜ i (ω). We can also see the value A i (ω, x ˜ )(y)[0,1] associated with ( x ˜ i (ω),y), as the belief of the player i that in the state ω, if the other players choose ( x ˜ j ( ω ) ) j i , he can choose yY. The element z i is the action level in each state of the world, a i ( x ˜ ) expresses the perceived degree of feasibility of the strategy x ˜ , and p i ( x ˜ ) represents the preference level of the strategy x ˜ .

We now define the next model of the Bayesian abstract fuzzy economy, which generalizes the model in [29].

Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete finite measure space, where Ω denotes the set of states of nature of the world, and the σ-algebra denotes the set of events. Let Y denote the strategy or commodity space, where Y is a separable Banach space.

Let I be a countable or uncountable set (the set of agents). For each iI, let X i :ΩF(Y) be a fuzzy mapping, and let z i (0,1].

Let L X i ={ x i S ( X i ( ) ) z i : x i  is  F i -measurable}. Denote by L X = i I L X i and by L X i the set j i L X j . An element x i of L X i is called a strategy for agent i. The typical element of L X i is denoted by x ˜ i and that of ( X i ( ω ) ) z i by x i (ω) (or x i ).

Definition 3 A general Bayesian abstract fuzzy economy is a family G={(Ω,F,μ), ( X i , F i , A i , P i , a i , b i , z i ) i I }, where

  1. (a)

    X i :ΩF(Y) is the action (strategy) fuzzy mapping of agent i;

  2. (b)

    F i is a sub σ-algebra of , which denotes the private information of agent i;

  3. (c)

    for each ωΩ, A i (ω,): L X F(Y) is the random fuzzy constraint mapping of agent i;

  4. (d)

    for each ωΩ, P i (ω,): L X F(Y) is the random fuzzy preference mapping of agent i;

  5. (e)

    a i : L X (0,1] is a random fuzzy constraint function, and p i : L X (0,1] is a random fuzzy preference function of agent i;

  6. (f)

    z i (0,1] is such that for all (ω,x)Ω× L X , ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ( X i ( ω ) ) z i and ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) ( X i ( ω ) ) z i .

Definition 4 A Bayesian fuzzy equilibrium for G is a strategy profile x ˜ L X such that for all iI,

  1. (i)

    x ˜ i (ω)cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) μ-a.e.;

  2. (ii)

    ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) = μ-a.e.

Remark 1 If the correspondences from the model above are constant with respect to Ω, we obtain the abstract fuzzy economy model.

3.2 Existence of the Bayesian fuzzy equilibrium

This is our first theorem. The constraint and preference correspondences, derived from the constraint and preference fuzzy mappings, verify the assumptions of measurable graph and weakly open lower sections. Our result is a generalization of Theorem 3 in [29].

Theorem 1 Let I be a countable or uncountable set. Let the family G={(Ω,F,μ), ( X i , F i , A i , P i , a i , b i , z i ) i I } be a general Bayesian abstract economy satisfying (A.1)-(A.4). Then there exists a Bayesian fuzzy equilibrium for G.

For each iI:

(A.1)

  1. (a)

    X i :ΩF(Y) is such that ω X i ( ω ) z i :Ω 2 Y is a nonempty convex weakly compact-valued and integrably bounded correspondence;

  2. (b)

    X i :ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X i ( ω ) ) z i :Ω 2 Y is F i -lower measurable;

(A.2)

  1. (a)

    For each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) is convex and has a nonempty interior in the relative norm topology of ( X i ( ω ) ) z i ;

  2. (b)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y has a measurable graph, i.e., {(ω, x ˜ ,y)Ω× L X ×Y:y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) }F ß w ( L X )ß(Y), where ß w ( L X ) is the Borel σ-algebra for the weak topology on L X and ß(Y) is the Borel σ-algebra for the norm topology on Y;

  3. (c)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) has weakly open lower sections, i.e., for each ωΩ and for each yY, the set ( ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ) 1 (ω,y)={ x ˜ L X :y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) } is weakly open in L X ;

  4. (d)

    For each ωΩ, x ˜ cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) : L X 2 Y is upper semicontinuous in the sense that the set { x ˜ L X :cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) V} is weakly open in L X for every norm open subset V of Y;

(A.3)

  1. (a)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y has open convex values such that ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) ( X ( ω ) ) z i for each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X ;

  2. (b)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y has a measurable graph;

  3. (c)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y has weakly open lower sections, i.e., for each ωΩ and for each yY, the set ( ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) ) 1 (ω,y)={ x ˜ L X :y ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) } is weakly open in L X ;

(A.4)

  1. (a)

    For each x ˜ i L X i , for each ωΩ, x ˜ i (ω) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) .

Proof For each iI, let us define Φ i :Ω× L X 2 Y by Φ i (ω, x ˜ )= ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) . We prove first that L X is a nonempty convex weakly compact subset in L 1 (μ,Y).

Since (Ω,F,μ) is a complete finite measure space, Y is a separable Banach space, and X i :Ω 2 Y has a measurable graph, by Aumann’s selection theorem (see Appendix), it follows that there exists a F i -measurable function f i :ΩY such that f i (ω) X i (ω) μ-a.e. Since X i is integrably bounded, we have that f i L 1 (μ,Y), hence L X i is nonempty and L X = i I L X i is nonempty. Obviously, L X i is convex and L X is also convex. Since X i :Ω 2 Y is integrably bounded and it has convex weakly compact values, by Diestel’s theorem (see Appendix), it follows that L X i is a weakly compact subset of L 1 (μ,Y). More over, L X is weakly compact. L 1 (μ,Y) equipped with the weak topology is a locally convex topological vector space.

The correspondence Φ i is convex valued, by Lemma 2, it has a measurable graph, and for each ωΩ, Φ i (ω,) has weakly open lower sections. Let U i ={(ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X : Φ i (ω, x ˜ )}. For each x ˜ L X , let U i x ˜ ={ωΩ: Φ i (ω, x ˜ )} and for each ωΩ, let U i ω ={ x ˜ L X : Φ i (ω, x ˜ )}. The values of Φ i / U i have nonempty interiors in the relative norm topology of X i (ω). By the Caratheodory-type selection theorem (see Appendix), there exists a function f i : U i Y such that f i (ω, x ˜ ) Φ i (ω, x ˜ ) for all (ω, x ˜ ) U i , for each x ˜ L X , f i (, x ˜ ) is measurable on U i x ˜ , for each ωΩ, f i (ω,) is continuous on U i ω and, moreover f i (,) is jointly measurable.

Define G i :Ω× L X 2 Y by G i (ω, x ˜ )={ { f i ( ω , x ˜ ) } if  ( ω , x ˜ ) U i ; cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) if  ( ω , x ˜ ) U i .

Define G i : L X 2 L X i , by G i ( x ˜ )={ y i L X i : y i (ω) G i (ω, x ˜ )μ-a.e.} and G : L X 2 L X by G ( x ˜ ):= i I G i ( x ˜ ) for each x ˜ L X . We shall prove that G is an upper semicontinuous correspondence with respect to the weakly topology of L X and has nonempty convex closed values. By applying Fan-Glicksberg’s fixed-point Theorem [30] to G , we obtain a fixed point, which is the equilibrium point for the abstract economy.

It follows by Theorem III.40 in [31] and the projection theorem that for each x ˜ L X , the correspondence x ˜ cl ( A i ( , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :Ω 2 Y has a measurable graph. For each x ˜ L X , the correspondence G i (, x ˜ ) has a measurable graph. Since Φ i (ω,) has weakly open lower sections for each ωΩ, it follows that U i ω is weakly open in L X . By Lemma 1, for each ωΩ, G i (ω,): L X 2 Y is upper semi-continuous in the sense that the set { x ˜ L X : G i (ω, x ˜ )}V is weakly open in L X for every norm open subset V of Y. Moreover, G i is convex and nonempty-valued.

G i is nonempty-valued, and for each x ˜ L X , G i (, x ˜ ) has a measurable graph. Hence, according to the Aumann measurable selection theorem for each fixed x ˜ L X , there exists an F i -measurable function y i :ΩY such that y i (ω) G i (ω, x ˜ ) μ-a.e. Since for each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , G i (ω, x ˜ ) is contained in the values of the integrably bounded correspondence X i (), then y i L X i , and we conclude that y i G i ( x ˜ ) for each x ˜ L X . Thus, G i is nonempty-valued.

Since for each x ˜ L X , G i (, x ˜ ) has a measurable graph and for each ωΩ, G i (ω,): L X 2 Y is upper semicontinuous and G i (ω, x ˜ ) ( X i ( ω ) ) z i for each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , by u.s.c. lifting theorem (see Appendix), it follows that G i is weakly upper semicontinuous. G i is convex-valued since G i is such.

G is a weakly upper semicontinuous correspondence, and it also has nonempty convex closed values.

The set L X is weakly compact and convex, and then, by Fan-Glicksberg’s fixed-point theorem in [30], there exists x ˜ L X such that x ˜ G ( x ˜ ), i.e., for each iI, x ˜ i G i ( x ˜ ).

Then, x ˜ i L X i and x ˜ i (ω) G i (ω, x ˜ ) μ-a.e. Since x ˜ i (ω) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) μ-a.e., it follows that (ω, x ˜ ) U i for each iI and x ˜ i cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) μ-a.e. We also have that ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) =. □

Example 1 Let (Ω,F,μ) be the measure space, where Ω=[0,1], F=ß([0,1]) is the σ-algebra of the Borel measurable subsets in [0,1] and μ is the Lebesgue measure.

Let Y=R and I={1,2,,n}.

For each iI, let us define the following.

F i =F.

The random fuzzy constraint function z i :[0,1](0,1] is defined by

z i (ω)= 1 i + 2 if ω[0,1].

The random fuzzy mapping X i ():[0,1]F(R) is defined by

X i (ω)(y)={ 0 if  ω [ 0 , 1 ]  and  y ( , 0 ) ( 1 , ) ; 2 i + 5 y + 2 i + 2 if  ω [ 0 , 1 ]  and  y [ 0 , 1 ] .

Then, the correspondence X i :[0,1] 2 R is defined by

X i (ω)= { y R : 2 i + 5 y + 2 i + 2 > 1 i + 2  and  y [ 0 , 1 ] } =[0,1]for each ω[0,1].

It is a nonempty convex compact valued and integrably bounded correspondence. It is also F i -lower measurable.

Let L X i ={ x i S ( X i ( ) ) z i : x i  is  F i -measurable} and L X = i I L X i .

The random fuzzy constraint function a i : L X (0,1] is defined by

a i ( x ˜ )= 1 2 for each  x ˜ L X .

For each ω[0,1], the random fuzzy constraint mapping of agent i, A i (ω,): L X F(R) is defined by

A i (ω, x ˜ )(y)={ 5 10 y + 2 if  ( ω , x ˜ ) [ 0 , 1 ] × L X  and  y ( 0 , 1 ] ; 0 if  ( ω , x ˜ ) [ 0 , 1 ] × L X  and  y ( , 0 ] ( 1 , ) .

Then, the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :[0,1]× L X 2 [ 0 , 1 ] is defined by

( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) = { y [ 0 , 1 ] : A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ( y ) > a i ( x ˜ ) } = { y ( 0 , 1 ] : 5 10 y + 1 > 1 2 } = { y ( 0 , 1 ] : y < 9 10 } = ( 0 , 9 10 ) .

For each ω[0,1], it has weakly open lower sections in L X , and it has a measurable graph.

For each (ω, x ˜ )[0,1]× L X , ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) is convex and with nonempty interior in [0,1].

For each ω[0,1], the correspondence x ˜ cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) : L X 2 [ 0 , 1 ] , defined by cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) =[0, 9 10 ] for each x ˜ L X is upper semicontinuous and nonempty-valued.

The random fuzzy preference mapping p i : L X (0,1] is defined by

p i ( x ˜ )= 1 5 for each  x ˜ L X .

Let us define D i = j i L X j ×{ x ˜ i :[0,1][0,1], x ˜ i (ω)= k x ˜ i ω i ,ω[0,1], k x ˜ i [0,1]}. D i is weakly closed in L X .

For each ω[0,1], the random fuzzy preference mapping of agent i, P i (ω,): L X F(R) is defined by

P i (ω, x ˜ )(y)={ 5 y + 2 5 ( x ˜ i ( ω ) + 6 ) if  ( ω , x ˜ ) [ 0 , 1 ] × D i  and  y ( 0 , 1 ] ; 0 otherwise .

Then, for each ω[0,1], the correspondence x ˜ ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) : L X 2 [ 0 , 1 ] is defined by

( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) = { { y [ 0 , 1 ) : P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ( y ) > p i ( x ˜ ) } if  x ˜ D i ; if  x ˜ D i = { ( x ˜ i ( ω ) + 4 5 , 1 ) if  x ˜ D i ; if  x ˜ D i .

For each ωΩ and for each yY, the set ( ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) ) 1 (ω,y)={ x ˜ D i :0 x ˜ i (ω)<5y4} is weakly open in D i , then it is weakly open in L X . Therefore, the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) has weakly open lower sections. It also has open convex values and a measurable graph.

For each iI, x ˜ i (ω) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) , for each ω[0,1] and x ˜ L X .

All the assumptions of Theorem 1 are fulfilled, then an equilibrium exists.

For example, x ˜ L X such that for each iI, x ˜ i (ω)= 3 4 ω i , ω[0,1] is an equilibrium for the abstract fuzzy economy, that is, for each iI and μ-a.e.:

x i ˜ (ω)cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) and ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) =.

4 Random quasi-variational inequalities

In this section, we are establishing new random quasi-variational inequalities with random fuzzy mappings and random fixed point theorems. The proofs rely on the theorem of Bayesian fuzzy equilibrium existence for the Bayesian abstract fuzzy economy.

This is our first theorem.

Theorem 2 Let I be a countable or uncountable set. Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete finite separable measure space, and let Y be a separable Banach space. Suppose that the following conditions are satisfied.

For each iI:

(A.1)

  1. (a)

    X i :ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X i ( ω ) ) z i :Ω 2 Y is a nonempty convex weakly compact-valued and integrably bounded correspondence;

  2. (b)

    X i :ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X i ( ω ) ) z i :Ω 2 Y is F i -lower measurable;

(A.2)

  1. (a)

    For each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) is convex and has a nonempty interior in the relative norm topology of ( X i ( ω ) ) z i ;

  2. (b)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y has a measurable graph, i.e., {(ω, x ˜ ,y)Ω× L X ×Y:y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) }F ß w ( L X )ß(Y), where ß w ( L X ) is the Borel σ-algebra for the weak topology on L X and ß(Y) is the Borel σ-algebra for the norm topology on Y;

  3. (c)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) has weakly open lower sections, i.e., for each ωΩ and for each yY, the set ( ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ) 1 (ω,y)={ x ˜ L X :y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) } is weakly open in L X ;

  4. (d)

    For each ωΩ, x ˜ cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) : L X 2 Y is upper semicontinuous in the sense that the set { x ˜ L X :cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) V} is weakly open in L X for every norm open subset V of Y;

(A.3) ψ i :Ω× L X ×YR{,+} is such that:

  1. (a)

    x ˜ ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y) is lower semicontinuous on L X for each fixed (ω,y)Ω×Y;

  2. (b)

    x i ˜ (ω){yY: ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y)>0} for each fixed (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X ;

  3. (c)

    for each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,) is quasiconcave;

  4. (d)

    for each ωΩ, { x ˜ L X : α i (ω, x ˜ )>0} is weakly open in L X , where α i :Ω× L X R is defined by α i (ω, x ˜ )= sup y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y) for each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X ;

  5. (e)

    {(ω, x ˜ ): α i (ω, x ˜ )>0} F i B( L X ).

Then, there exists x ˜ L X such that for every iI and μ-a.e.:

  1. (i)

    x i ˜ (ω)cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ;

  2. (ii)

    sup y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y)0.

Proof For every iI, let P i :Ω× S X 1 F(Y), and let p i : L X (0,1] such that ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) ={yY: ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y)>0} for each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X .

We shall show that the abstract economy G={(Ω,F,μ), ( X i , F i , A i , P i a i , p i , z z ) i I } satisfies all hypotheses of Theorem 1.

Suppose ωΩ.

According to (A.3)(a), we have that x ˜ ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) :Ω 2 Y has open lower sections, nonempty compact values and according to (A.3)(b), x i ˜ (ω) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) for each x ˜ L X . Assumption (A.3)(c) implies that x ˜ ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) :Ω 2 Y has convex values.

By the definition of α i , we note that { x ˜ L X : ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) }={ x ˜ L X : α i (ω, x ˜ )>0} so that { x ˜ L X : ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) } is weakly open in L X by (A.3)(d).

According to (A.2)(b) and (A.3)(e), it follows that the correspondences (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y and (ω, x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y have measurable graphs.

Thus, the Bayesian abstract fuzzy economy G={(Ω,F,μ), ( X i , F i , A i , P i , a i , b i , z i ) i I } satisfies all hypotheses of Theorem 1. Therefore, there exists x ˜ L X such that for every iI:

x ˜ i (ω)cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) μ-a.e.and ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) =ϕμ-a.e.;

that is, there exists x ˜ L X such that for every iI and μ-a.e.:

  1. (i)

    x i ˜ (ω)cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ;

  2. (ii)

    sup y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y)0.

 □

Example 2 Let Ω=[0,1], F=ß([0,1],μ), Y=R, I={1,2,,n}, and for each iI, let F i , X i , a i and D i be defined as in Example 1.

Let us define ψ i :[0,1]× L X ×RR as follows: if x i ˜ (ω)[0,1), then,

ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y)={ 1 if  y ( x i ˜ ( ω ) + 4 5 , 1 )  and  ( ω , x ˜ ) [ 0 , 1 ] × D i ; 0 otherwise,

and if x i ˜ (ω)=1, ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y)=0 for each (ω, x ˜ ,y)[0,1]× L X ×R.

For each iI, let P i :Ω× L X F(Y), and let p i : L X (0,1] as in Example 1, and then, ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) ={yY: ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y)>0}={ ( x i ˜ ( ω ) + 4 5 , 1 ) if  x ˜ D i ; if  x ˜ D i .

From the Example 1, we have that for every iI and for each ω[0,1], the correspondence x ˜ ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) : L X 2 [ 0 , 1 ] has weakly open lower sections, open convex values and x i ˜ (ω) ( P i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) p i ( x ˜ ) .

α i ( ω , x ˜ ) = sup y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ψ i ( ω , x ˜ , y ) = sup y ( 0 , 9 10 ) ψ i ( ω , x ˜ , y ) = { 1 if  x ˜ i ( ω ) [ 0 , 1 2 ) ; 0 if  x ˜ i ( ω ) [ 1 2 , 1 ] .

By the definition of α i , we note that for each ωΩ, N i (ω)={ x ˜ L X : α i (ω, x ˜ )>0}={ x ˜ D i : x ˜ i (ω)[0, 1 2 )} is weakly open in L X and N i F i B( L X ).

In Example 1, we proved that the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 [ 0 , 1 ] has a measurable graph.

Therefore, there exists x ˜ L X such that, for each iI and μ-a.e.:

  1. (i)

    x i ˜ (ω)cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ;

  2. (ii)

    sup y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y)0.

For instance, x ˜ is a solution for the variational inequality, where x ˜ is defined by x ˜ i (ω)= 3 4 ω i for each i{1,2,,n} and ωΩ.

If |I|=1, we obtain the following corollary of Theorem 2.

Corollary 1 Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete finite separable measure space, and let Y be a separable Banach space. Suppose that the following conditions are satisfied:

(A.1)

  1. (a)

    X:ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X ( ω ) ) z :Ω 2 Y is a nonempty convex weakly compact-valued and integrably bounded correspondence;

  2. (b)

    X:ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X ( ω ) ) z :Ω 2 Y is -lower measurable;

(A.2)

  1. (a)

    For each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) is convex and has a nonempty interior in the relative norm topology of ( X ( ω ) ) z ;

  2. (b)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y has a measurable graph, i.e., {(ω, x ˜ ,y)Ω× L X ×Y:y ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) }F ß w ( L X )ß(Y) where ß w ( L X ) is the Borel σ-algebra for the weak topology on L X and ß(Y) is the Borel σ-algebra for the norm topology on Y;

  3. (c)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) has weakly open lower sections, i.e., for each ωΩ and for each yY, the set ( ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) ) 1 (ω,y)={ x ˜ L X :y ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) } is weakly open in L X ;

  4. (d)

    For each ωΩ, x ˜ cl ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) : L X 2 Y is upper semicontinuous in the sense that the set { x ˜ L X :cl ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) V} is weakly open in L X for every norm open subset V of Y;

(A.3) ψ:Ω× L X ×YR{,+} is such that:

  1. (a)

    x ˜ ψ(ω, x ˜ ,y) is lower semicontinuous on L X for each fixed (ω,y)Ω×Y;

  2. (b)

    x ˜ (ω){yY:ψ(ω, x ˜ ,y)>0} for each fixed (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X ;

  3. (c)

    for each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , ψ(ω, x ˜ ,) is quasiconcave;

  4. (d)

    for each ωΩ, { x ˜ L X :α(ω, x ˜ )>0} is weakly open in L X , where α:Ω× L X R is defined by α(ω, x ˜ )= sup y ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) ψ(ω, x ˜ ,y) for each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X ;

  5. (e)

    {(ω, x ˜ ):α(ω, x ˜ )>0}FB( L X );

Then, there exists x ˜ L X such that μ-a.e.:

  1. (i)

    x ˜ (ω)cl ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) ;

  2. (ii)

    sup y ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) ψ(ω, x ˜ ,y)0.

As a consequence of Theorem 2, we prove the following Tan and Yuan-type [22] random quasi-variational inequality with random fuzzy mappings.

Theorem 3 Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete finite separable measure space, and let Y be a separable Banach space. Suppose that the following conditions are satisfied:

For each iI:

(A.1)

  1. (a)

    X i :ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X i ( ω ) ) z i :Ω 2 Y is a nonempty convex weakly compact-valued and integrably bounded correspondence;

  2. (b)

    X i :ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X i ( ω ) ) z i :Ω 2 Y is F i -lower measurable;

A.2)

  1. (a)

    For each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) is convex and has a nonempty interior in the relative norm topology of ( X i ( ω ) ) z i ;

  2. (b)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y has a measurable graph, i.e., {(ω, x ˜ ,y)Ω× L X ×Y:y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) }F ß w ( L X )ß(Y) where ß w ( L X ) is the Borel σ-algebra for the weak topology on L X and ß(Y) is the Borel σ-algebra for the norm topology on Y;

  3. (c)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) has weakly open lower sections, i.e., for each ωΩ and for each yY, the set ( ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ) 1 (ω,y)={ x ˜ L X :y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) } is weakly open in L X ;

  4. (d)

    For each ωΩ, x ˜ cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) : L X 2 Y is upper semicontinuous in the sense that the set { x ˜ L X :cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) V} is weakly open in L X for every norm open subset V of Y;

(A.3) G i :Ω×YF( Y ) and g i :Y(0,1] are such that

  1. (a)

    for each ωΩ, y ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) :Y 2 Y is monotone (that is Reuv,yx0 for all u ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) and v ( G i ( ω , x ) ) g i ( x ) and x,yY) with nonempty values;

  2. (b)

    for each ωΩ, y ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) :LY 2 Y is lower semicontinuous from the relative topology of Y into the weak-topology σ( Y ,Y) of Y for each one-dimensional flat LY;

(A.4)

  1. (a)

    for each fixed ωΩ, the set { x ˜ S X 1 : sup y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) [ sup u ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) Reu, x ˜ y]>0} is weakly open in L X ;

  2. (b)

    {(ω, x ˜ ): sup u ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) Reu, x i ˜ (ω)y>0}FB( L X ).

Then, there exists x ˜ L X such that for every iI and μ-a.e.:

  1. (i)

    x i ˜ (ω)cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ;

  2. (ii)

    sup u ( G i ( ω , x ˜ ( ω ) ) ) g i ( x ˜ ( ω ) ) Reu, x i ˜ (ω)y0 for all y( ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ).

Proof Let us define ψ i :Ω× L X ×YR{,+} by

ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y)= sup u ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) Re u , x i ˜ ( ω ) y for each (ω, x ˜ ,y)Ω× L X ×Y.

We have that x ˜ ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y) is lower semicontinuous on L X for each fixed (ω,y)Ω×Y and x i ˜ (ω){yY: ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,y)>0} for each fixed (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X .

We also know that for each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , ψ i (ω, x ˜ ,) is concave. This fact is a consequence of assumption (A.3)(a).

All the hypotheses of Theorem 2 are satisfied. According to Theorem 2, there exists x ˜ L X such that x i ˜ (ω)cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) for every iI and

  1. (1)

    sup y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) sup u ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) [Reu, x i ˜ (ω)y]0 for every iI.

Finally, we will prove that sup y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) sup u ( G i ( ω , x ˜ ( ω ) ) ) g i ( x ˜ ( ω ) ) [Reu, x i ˜ (ω)y]0 for every iI.

In order to do that, let us consider iI and the fixed point ωΩ.

Let y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) , λ[0,1] and z λ i (ω):=λy+(1λ) x i ˜ (ω). According to assumption (A.2)(a), z λ i (ω) A i (ω, x ˜ ).

According to (1), we have sup u ( G i ( ω , z λ i ( ω ) ) ) g i ( z λ i ( ω ) ) [Reu, x i ˜ (ω) z λ (ω)]0 for each λ[0,1].

Therefore, for each λ[0,1], we have that

t { sup u ( G i ( ω , z λ i ( ω ) ) ) g i ( z λ i ( ω ) ) [ Re u , x i ˜ ( ω ) y ] } = sup u ( G i ( ω , z λ i ( ω ) ) ) g i ( z λ i ( ω ) ) t [ Re u , x i ˜ ( ω i ) y ) ] = sup u ( G i ( ω , z λ i ( ω ) ) ) g i ( z λ i ( ω ) ) [ Re u , x i ˜ ( ω ) z λ i ( ω ) ] 0 .

It follows that for each λ[0,1],

  1. (2)

    sup u ( G i ( ω , z λ i ( ω ) ) ) g i ( z λ i ( ω ) ) [Reu, x i ˜ (ω)y]0.

Now, we are using the lower semicontinuity of y ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) :LY 2 Y in order to show the conclusion. For each z 0 ( G i ( ω , x i ˜ ( ω ) ) ) g i ( x i ˜ ( ω ) ) and e>0 let us consider U z 0 i , the neighborhood of z 0 in the topology σ( Y ,Y), defined by U z 0 i :={z Y :|Re z 0 z, x i ˜ (ω)y|<e}. As y ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) :LY 2 Y is lower semicontinuous, where L={ z λ i (ω):λ[0,1]} and U z 0 i ( G i ( ω , x i ˜ ( ω ) ) ) g i ( x i ˜ ( ω ) ) , there exists a nonempty neighborhood N( x i ˜ (ω)) of x i ˜ (ω) in L such that for each zN( x i ˜ (ω)), we have that U z 0 i ( G i ( ω , z ) ) g i ( z ) . Then there exists δ(0,1], t(0,δ) and u ( G i ( ω , z λ i ( ω ) ) ) g i ( z λ i ( ω ) ) U z 0 i such that Re z 0 u, x i ˜ (ω)y<e. Therefore, Re z 0 , x i ˜ (ω)y<Re u i , x i ˜ (ω)y+e.

It follows that

Re z 0 , x i ˜ ( ω ) y <Re u , x i ˜ ( ω ) y +e<e.

The last inequality comes from (2). Since e>0 and z 0 ( G i ( ω , x i ˜ ( ω ) ) ) g i ( x i ˜ ( ω ) ) have been chosen arbitrarily, the next relation holds:

Re z 0 , x i ˜ ( ω ) y <0.

Hence, for each iI, we have that sup u ( G i ( ω , x ˜ ( ω ) ) ) g i ( x ˜ ( ω ) ) [Re z 0 , x i ˜ (ω)y]0 for every ycl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) . □

Example 3 Let (Ω,F,μ) be the measure space, where Ω=[0,1], F=ß ([0,1]) is the σ-algebra of the Borel measurable subsets in [0,1], and μ is the Lebesgue measure.

Let Y=R and I={1,2,,n}.

For each iI, let us define the following

F i =F.

The correspondence X i is as in Example 1, that is, ( X i ( ω ) ) z i =[0,1] for each ω[0,1].

For each ω[0,1], ( X i ( ω ) ) z i is a nonempty convex weakly compactly valued and integrably bounded correspondence. It is also F i -lower measurable.

Let L X i ={ x i S ( X i ( ) ) z i : x i  is  F i -measurable}, and let L X = i I L X i .

Let us define D i = j i L X j ×{ x ˜ i :[0,1][0,1], x ˜ i (ω)= k x ˜ i ,ω[0,1], k x ˜ i [0,1]}. D i is weakly closed in L X .

The random fuzzy constraint function a i : L X (0,1] is defined by

a i ( x ˜ )= 1 2 for each  x ˜ L X .

For each ω[0,1], the random fuzzy constraint mapping of agent i, A i (ω,): L X F(R) is defined by

A i (ω, x ˜ )(y)={ 19 20 ( y + 1 ) if  ( ω , x ˜ ) [ 0 , 1 ] × D i  and  y ( 0 , 1 ] ; 1 4 y if  ( ω , x ˜ ) [ 0 , 1 ] × ( L X D i )  and  y ( 0 , 1 ] ; 0 if  ( ω , x ˜ ) [ 0 , 1 ] × L X  and  y = 1 .

Then, the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :[0,1]× L X 2 [ 0 , 1 ] is defined by

( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ={ ( 0 , 9 10 ) if  ( ω , x ˜ ) [ 0 , 1 ] × D i ; ( 0 , 1 2 ] otherwise .

For each ω[0,1], it has weakly open lower sections in L X , and it has a measurable graph.

For each (ω, x ˜ )[0,1]× L X , ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) is convex and with nonempty interior in [0,1].

For each ω[0,1], the correspondence x ˜ cl ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) : L X 2 [ 0 , 1 ] is upper semicontinuous and nonempty-valued.

For each ω[0,1], let G i (ω,):RF(R), and let g i :R(0,1] be such that

g i ( y ) = { 1 4 if  y ( , 1 2 ] ; 3 4 if  y ( 1 2 , ) and G i ( ω , y ) ( z ) = { 1 2 if  y ( , 1 2 ]  and  z = 0 ; 1 if  y ( 1 2 , )  and  z { y , y + 1 } ; 0 otherwise.

Then, for each ω[0,1], ( G i ( ω , ) ) g i ( ) : R 2 R is defined by

( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) ={ { 0 } if  y 1 2 ; { y , y + 1 } if  y > 1 2 for each (ω,y)[0,1]×R.

For each ω[0,1], ( G i ( ω , ) ) g i ( ) : R 2 R is monotone with nonempty values and lower semicontinuous.

For each fixed ωΩ, let m i (ω)= sup y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) [ sup u ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) u( x i ˜ (ω)y)].

If x i ˜ (ω) 9 10 , m i (ω)>0.

If x i ˜ (ω)< 9 10 , m i (ω)={ sup y ( 1 2 , 9 10 ) ( y + 1 ) ( x i ˜ ( ω ) y ) if  1 2 < y < x i ˜ ( ω ) ; 0 if  y [ x i ˜ ( ω ) , 9 10 )

Therefore, if 1 2 < x i ˜ (ω)< 9 10 , m i (ω)= sup y ( 1 2 , x i ˜ ( ω ) ) (y+1)( x i ˜ (ω)y)>0 and if 0< x i ˜ (ω) 1 2 , m i (ω)=0.

Consequently, m i (ω)>0 for each x i ˜ (ω)( 1 2 ,1].

Then, for each ω[0,1], the set

M i ( ω ) = { x ˜ L X : sup y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) [ sup u ( G i ( ω , y ) ) g i ( y ) u ( x i ˜ ( ω ) y ) ] > 0 } = { x ˜ D i : x i ˜ ( ω ) ( 1 2 , 1 ] }

is weakly open in L X and M i FB( L X ).

There exists x ˜ L X such that, for each iI, x i ˜ (ω)=0 for each ω[0,1] and μ-a.e.

  1. (i)

    x ˜ i (ω)cl( ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) );

  2. (ii)

    sup u ( G i ( ω , x ˜ ( ω ) ) ) g i ( x ˜ ( ω ) ) Reu, x i ˜ (ω)y0 for all y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) .

If |I|=1, we obtain the following corollary of Theorem 3.

Corollary 2 Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete finite separable measure space, and let Y be a separable Banach space. Suppose that the following conditions are satisfied.

(A.1)

  1. (a)

    X:ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X ( ω ) ) z :Ω 2 Y is a nonempty convex weakly compact-valued and integrably bounded correspondence;

  2. (b)

    X:ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X ( ω ) ) z :Ω 2 Y is -lower measurable;

(A.2)

  1. (a)

    For each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) is convex and has a nonempty interior in the relative norm topology of ( X ( ω ) ) z ;

  2. (b)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y has a measurable graph, i.e., {(ω, x ˜ ,y)Ω× L X ×Y:y ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) }F ß w ( L X )ß(Y), where ß w ( L X ) is the Borel σ-algebra for the weak topology on L X and ß(Y) is the Borel σ-algebra for the norm topology on Y;

  3. (c)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) has weakly open lower sections, i.e., for each ωΩ and for each yY, the set ( ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) ) 1 (ω,y)={ x ˜ L X :y ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) } is weakly open in L X ;

  4. (d)

    For each ωΩ, x ˜ cl ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) : L X 2 Y is upper semicontinuous in the sense that the set { x ˜ L X :cl ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) V} is weakly open in L X for every norm open subset V of Y;

(A.3) G:Ω×YF( Y ) and g:Y(0,1] are such that:

  1. (a)

    for each ωΩ, y ( G ( ω , y ) ) g ( y ) :Y 2 Y is monotone with nonempty values;

  2. (b)

    for each ωΩ, y ( G ( ω , y ) ) g ( y ) :LY 2 Y is lower semicontinuous from the relative topology of Y into the weak -topology σ( Y ,Y) of Y for each one-dimensional flat LY;

(A.4)

  1. (a)

    for each fixed ωΩ, the set { x ˜ S X 1 : sup y ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) [ sup u ( G ( ω , y ) ) g ( y ) Reu, x ˜ y]>0} is weakly open in L X ;

  2. (b)

    {(ω, x ˜ ): sup u ( G ( ω , y ) ) g ( y ) Reu, x ˜ y>0}FB( L X ).

Then, there exists x ˜ L X such that μ-a.e.:

  1. (i)

    x ˜ (ω)cl ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) ;

  2. (ii)

    sup u ( G ( ω , x ˜ ( ω ) ) ) g ( x ˜ ( ω ) ) Reu, x ˜ (ω)y0 for all y( ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) ).

We obtain the following random fixed point theorem by using a similar kind of proof as in the case of Theorem 1. This result is a generalization of Browder fixed point theorem [32].

Theorem 4 Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete finite separable measure space, and let Y be a separable Banach space. Suppose that the following conditions are satisfied.

For each iI:

(A.1)

  1. (a)

    X i :ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X i ( ω ) ) z i :Ω 2 Y is a nonempty convex weakly compact-valued and integrably bounded correspondence;

  2. (b)

    X i :ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X i ( ω ) ) z i :Ω 2 Y is F i -lower measurable;

(A.2)

  1. (a)

    For each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) is convex and has a nonempty interior in the relative norm topology of ( X i ( ω ) ) z ;

  2. (b)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y has a measurable graph, i.e., {(ω, x ˜ ,y)Ω× L X ×Y:y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) }F ß w ( L X )ß(Y), where ß w ( L X ) is the Borel σ-algebra for the weak topology on L X and ß(Y) is the Borel σ-algebra for the norm topology on Y;

  3. (c)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) has weakly open lower sections, i.e., for each ωΩ and for each yY, the set ( ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) ) 1 (ω,y)={ x ˜ L X :y ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) } is weakly open in L X ;

Then, there exists x ˜ L X such that for every iI and μ-a.e., x i ˜ (ω) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) .

If |I|=1, we obtain the following result.

Theorem 5 Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete finite separable measure space, and let Y be a separable Banach space. Suppose that the following conditions are satisfied.

(A.1)

  1. (a)

    X:ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X ( ω ) ) z :Ω 2 Y is a nonempty convex weakly compact-valued and integrably bounded correspondence;

  2. (b)

    X:ΩF(Y) is such that ω ( X ( ω ) ) z :Ω 2 Y is -lower measurable;

(A.2)

  1. (a)

    For each (ω, x ˜ )Ω× L X , ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) is convex and has a nonempty interior in the relative norm topology of ( X ( ω ) ) z ;

  2. (b)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) :Ω× L X 2 Y has a measurable graph, i.e., {(ω, x ˜ ,y)Ω× L X ×Y:y ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) }F ß w ( L X )ß(Y), where ß w ( L X ) is the Borel σ-algebra for the weak topology on L X and ß(Y) is the Borel σ-algebra for the norm topology on Y;

  3. (c)

    the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) has weakly open lower sections, i.e., for each ωΩ and for each yY, the set ( ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) ) 1 (ω,y)={ x ˜ L X :y ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) } is weakly open in L X ;

Then, there exists x ˜ L X such that x ˜ (ω) ( A ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a ( x ˜ ) μ-a.e.

Example 4 Let Ω=[0,1], F=ß([0,1],μ), Y=R, I={1,2,,n}.

For each i{1,2,,n} let us define the following mathematical objects.

Let X i , L X i and L X be defined as in Example 1. M i ={[0, 1 2 ),[ 1 2 , 2 3 ),,[ i 1 i ,1]} and F i =σ( M i ).

C i ={ x ˜ i :[0,1][0,1]: x ˜ i (ω)={ c x ˜ i if  ω [ i 1 i , 1 ] ; 0 otherwise ,  where  c x ˜ i [0,1] is constant} and D i = j i L X j × C i .

We notice that if x i C i , then it is F i -measurable and μ-integrable, then C i L X i and C i is weakly closed in L X i .

The random fuzzy constraint function a i : L X (0,1] is defined by

a i ( x ˜ )= 1 3 for each  x ˜ L X .

For each ω[0,1], the random fuzzy constraint mapping of agent i, A i (ω,): L X F(R) is defined by

A i (ω, x ˜ )(y)={ x i ˜ ( ω ) + 2 5 ( y + 1 ) if  ( ω , x ˜ ) [ 0 , 1 ] × D i  and  y ( 0 , 1 ] ; 0 otherwise .

Then, the correspondence (ω, x ˜ ) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) :[0,1]× L X 2 [ 0 , 1 ] is defined by

( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) = { y [ 0 , 1 ] : A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ( y ) > a i ( x ˜ ) } = { [ 0 , 1 + 3 x i ˜ ( ω ) 5 ) if  ( ω , x ˜ ) [ 0 , 1 ] × D i ; [ 0 , 1 ] otherwise.

It has weakly open lower sections in L X , and it has a measurable graph.

For each (ω, x ˜ )[0,1]× L X , ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) is convex and with a nonempty interior in [0,1].

There exists x ˜ L X such that for every iI, x i ˜ (ω) ( A i ( ω , x ˜ ) ) a i ( x ˜ ) . For instance, let x ˜ such that x 1 ˜ (ω)= 1 3 if ω[0,1] and x i ˜ (ω)={ 1 i + 1 if  ω [ i 1 i , 1 ] ; 0 otherwise. for each i{2,,n}.

Appendix

The results below have been used in the proof of our theorems. For more details and further references see the paper quoted.

Theorem 6 (Projection theorem)

Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete, finite measure space, and let Y be a complete separable metric space. If H belongs to Fß(Y), its projection Proj Ω (H) belongs to .

Theorem 7 (Aumann measurable selection theorem [33])

Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete finite measure space, let Y be a complete, separable metric space, and let T:Ω 2 Y be a nonempty valued correspondence with a measurable graph, i.e., G T Fβ(Y). Then there is a measurable function f:ΩY such that f(ω)T(ω) μ-a.e.

Theorem 8 (Diestel’s theorem [34], Theorem 3.1)

Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete finite measure space, let Y be a separable Banach space, and let T:Ω 2 Y be an integrably bounded, convex, weakly compact and a nonempty valued correspondence. Then S T ={x L 1 (μ,Y):x(ω)T(ω)μ - a.e. } is weakly compact in L 1 (μ,Y).

Theorem 9 (Carathéodory-type selection theorem [25])

Let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete measure space, let Z be a complete separable metric space, and let Y be a separable Banach space. Let X:Ω 2 Y be a correspondence with a measurable graph, i.e., G X Fß(Y) and let T:Ω×Z 2 Y be a convex-valued correspondence (possibly empty) with a measurable graph, i.e., G T Fß(Z)ß(Y), where ß(Y) and ß(Z) are the Borel σ-algebras of Y and Z , respectively.

Suppose that

  1. (a)

    for each ωΩ, T(ω,x)X(ω) for all xZ.

  2. (b)

    for each ωΩ, T(ω,) has open lower sections in Z, i.e., for each ωΩ and yY, T 1 (ω,y)={xZ:yT(ω,x)} is open in Z.

  3. (c)

    for each (ω,x)Ω×Z, if T(ω,x), then T(ω,x) has a nonempty interior in X(ω).

Let U={(ω,x)Ω×Z:T(ω,x)} and for each xZ, U x ={ωΩ:(ω,x)U} and for each ωΩ, U ω ={xZ:(ω,x)U}. Then for each xZ, U x is a measurable set in Ω, and there exists a Caratheodory-type selection from T U , i.e., there exists a function f:UY such that f(ω,x)T(ω,x) for all (ω,x)U, for each xZ, f(,x) is measurable on U x and for each ωΩ, f(ω,) is continuous on U ω . Moreover, f(,) is jointly measurable.

Theorem 10 (U.s.c. lifting theorem [33])

Let Y be a separable space, let (Ω,F,μ) be a complete finite measure space, and let X:Ω 2 Y be an integrably bounded, nonempty, convex valued correspondence such that for all ωΩ, X(ω) is a weakly compact, convex subset of Y. Denote by S X the set {x L 1 (μ,Y):x(ω)X(ω)μ - a.e. }. Let T:Ω× S X 2 Y be a nonempty, closed, convex-valued correspondence such that T(ω,x)X(ω) for all (ω,x)Ω× S X 1 . Assume that for each fixed x S X , T(,x) has a measurable graph, and that for each fixed ωΩ, T(ω,): S X 2 Y is u.s.c. in the sense that the set {x S X :T(ω,x)V} is weakly open in S X for every norm open subset V of Y. Define the correspondence Φ: S X 2 S X by

Φ(x)= { y S X : y ( ω ) T ( ω , x ) μ - a.e. } .

Then Φ is weakly u.s.c., i.e., the set {x S X :Φ(x)V} is weakly open in S X for every weakly open subset V of S X .

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