... Departments . ... io@cs.msu.su . ... io.cmc.msu.ru . ... Operations research is the science of purposeful behavior which includes the development, study and application of mathematical models in the optimal decision making. ... Prof. Denisov, 96 lecture hours, 5th ? ... Optimization and operations research by Prof. Novikova, Assoc. ... The Department develops and studies mathematical models of collective behavior for further studying problems of optimizing structures of the state control. ... 2013 ....