“…The application of this definition to the nondominated set is straightforward. Definition 2.6 [32,33] A set, S ∈ R 2 , is disconnected, or separable by a hyperplane, if there exist a scalar, α, and a hyperplane, H , of the form (i) H := {y ∈ R 2 : y 1 = α}, or (ii) H := {y ∈ R 2 : y 2 = α}, and the following properties hold: H ∩ S = ∅, H ≤ ∩ S = ∅, and H ≥ ∩ S = ∅. Here, if H has the form of (i), H ≤ := {y ∈ R 2 : y 1 ≤ α} and H ≥ := {y ∈ R 2 : y 1 ≥ α}.…”