On the status and prospects of systems analysis methods in ukraine

The paper deals with the role and place of systems analysis methods in the solution of complex problems in various spheres of human activity in Ukraine. The social and socio-economic prerequisites for development of theory and applied methods are being considered. The main characteristics of the problems to which these methods are applied are formulated. The hierarchy of problems and methods used for solution of complex problems based on systems analysis methods is presented, and the main spheres of their application in Ukraine are presented. Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 1, pp. 101–109, January–February, 2000.