Abstract

In this paper we consider strong bilevel vector equilibrium problems and introduce the concepts of Levitin–Polyak well-posedness and Levitin–Polyak well-posedness in the generalized sense for such problems. The notions of upper/lower semicontinuity involving variable cones for vector-valued mappings and their properties are proposed and studied. Using these generalized semicontinuity notions, we investigate sufficient and/or necessary conditions of the Levitin–Polyak well-posedness for the reference problems. Some metric characterizations of these Levitin–Polyak well-posedness concepts in the behavior of approximate solution sets are also discussed. As an application, we consider the special case of traffic network problems with equilibrium constraints.