Uchebno-metodicheskoe posobie orientirovano na izuchenie teoreticheskikh osnov teorii nelineynykh sistem poluchenie prakticheskikh navykov ispol'zovaniya sistemnykh printsipov i metodov nelineynogo komp'yuternogo analiza, svyazannykh s ischisleniem khaosa i riskov, s otsenkoy "gorizonta" ozhidaemoy katastrofy, s prognozirovaniem nelineynykh protsessov i resheniem optimizatsionnykh zadach nelineynogo programmirovaniya, v kotorykh uchityvayutsya destabilliziruyushchie faktory vneshney sredy. Eti znaniya takzhe neobkhodimy dlya spetsialistov i nauchnykh sotrudnikov, zanimayushchimsya razrabotkoy informatsionnykh nelineynykh sistem podderzhki prinyatiya strategicheskikh resheniy. Kniga yavlyaetsya posobiem dlya studentov, obuchayushchikhsya po spetsial'nosti 351400 "Prikladnaya informatika v ekonomike".