Abstract
The present paper deals with nonclassical initial-boundary value problems for parabolic equations and systems and their generalizations in abstract spaces. Nonclassical problems with nonlocal initial conditions for an abstract first-order evolution equation with time-dependent operator are considered, the existence and uniqueness results are proved and the algorithm of approximation of nonlocal problems by a sequence of classical problems is constructed. Applications of the obtained general results to initial-boundary value problems for parabolic equations and systems are considered.