В поисках оптимального

V zhizni kazhdomu prikhoditsi͡a prinimatʹ t͡selenapravlennye reshenii͡a. Vsegda zhelatelʹno, chtoby ėti reshenii͡a byli nailuchshimi v sootvetstvui͡ushcheĭ situat͡sii. Segodni͡a slozhilasʹ nauchnai͡a dist͡siplina "Issledovanie operat͡siĭ", v osnovu kotoroĭ polozhen print͡sip optimalʹnosti, otrazhai͡ushchiĭ smysl kakogo-libo maksimuma ili minimuma, i gde strogo nauchnyĭ, matematicheskiĭ podkhod primeni͡aetsi͡a k shirokomu krugu sot͡siologicheskikh, ėkonomicheskikh, upravlencheskikh i drugikh voprosov. Na dostupnom shirokomu krugu chitateleĭ ėlementarnom urovne v knige izlozheny osnovnye ėtapy razvitii͡a poni͡atii͡a optimalʹnosti. Otrazhena vydai͡ushchai͡asi͡a rolʹ russkoĭ, sovetskoĭ i rossiĭskoĭ matematicheskikh shkol v teorii i praktike optimalʹnykh metodov. Osoboe mesto otvoditsi͡a optimalʹnosti pri razlichnykh ogranichenii͡akh, vkli͡uchai͡a ogranichenii͡a na resursy v ėkonomike, na konkurent͡sii͡u.

In life, everyone has to make purposeful decisions. It is always desirable that these solutions are the best in the relevant situation. Today there is a scientific discipline "operations Research", which is based on the principle of optimality, reflecting the meaning of any maximum or minimum, and where a strictly scientific, mathematical approach is applied to a wide range of sociological, economic, managerial and other issues. At an elementary level accessible to a wide range of readers, the book outlines the main stages of the development of the concept of optimality. The outstanding role of the Russian, Soviet and Russian mathematical schools in the theory and practice of optimal methods is reflected. A special place is given to optimality under various restrictions, including restrictions on resources in the economy, on competition.