“…If we define F(x, y) = Ax, y − x for all x, y ∈ C, then z ∈ EP(F) if and only if Az, y − z ≥ 0 for all y ∈ C and hence z ∈ VI(C, A). The problem (2) is very general in the sense that it includes many special cases such as optimization problems, variational inequalities, minimax problems, and the Nash equilibrium problem in noncooperative games; see Blum and Oettli [2], Kazmi and Rizvi [3], Meche et al [4], Moudafi and Théra [5], Zegeye et al [6], and the references therein.…”