%A Y. Ermoliev %A V. I. Norkin %J Cybernetics and Systems Analysis %T Solution of Nonconvex Nonsmooth Stochastic Optimization Problems %X Different classes of nonconvex nonsmooth stochastic optimization problems are analyzed, their generalized differentiability properties and necessary optimality conditions are studied, and a technique for calculating stochastic gradients is developed. For each class of the problems, corresponding solution methods are proposed, in particular, generalizations of the stochastic quasigradient method. %N 5 %K Nonconvex optimization problems; Nonsmooth functions; Stochastic programming; Stochastic quasigradient; Uncertainty %P 701-715 %V 39 %D 2003 %I Springer %R 10.1023/B:CASA.0000012091.84864.65 %L iiasa13482