... 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. The Department is conducting research in traditional areas of the decision-making theory, such as optimization theory and numerical methods, game theory, multicriteria optimization. ... Additional chapters of operations research by Assoc. ... Optimization and operations research by Prof. Novikova, Assoc. ...