Modeli i metody matematicheskogo programmirovaniya v usloviyakh defitsita informatsii ispol'zuyutsya v tekhnike, ekonomike, biologii, voennom dele i drugikh oblastyakh chelovecheskoy deyatel'nosti. Modeli i metody stokhasticheskogo programmirovaniya adekvatnee drugikh sovremennykh formal'nykh metodov prisposobleny k analizu slozhnykh sistem, k podgotovke i vyboru optimal'nykh i kompromissnykh resheniy v slozhnykh situatsiyakh. Predstavleny odnoetapnye, dvukhetapnye i mnogoetapnye modeli s veroyatnostnymi usloviyami i funktsionalami, mnogokriterial'nye i igrovye postanovki zadach. Privedeny metody optimizatsii sootvetstvuyushchikh ekvivalentov iskhodnykh modeley. Issledovany problemy ustoychivosti resheniy i tselevykh funktsionalov. Rabota soderzhit bol'shoe chislo prikladnykh zadach v usloviyakh defitsita informatsii. V osnovu raboty polozheny materialy lektsiy spetskursa " Stokhasticheskoe programmirovanie", chitayushchegosya avtorom s 1967 goda studentam Sankt Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Bibliografiya i dopolnitel'nyy spisok literatury naschityvaet 660 naimenovaniy.