“Byzantium on the Volga”: To the Anniversary of Nikolay D. Barabanov

This brief sketch written to the 65th anniversary of Nikolay D. Barabanov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, lecturer at Volgograd State University, specialist in the Byzantine history, medieval folk religion researcher is devoted to his life, scientific and educational activity. The article also presents the publication of complete bibliographic information about the scientist’s works beginning in 1977, or from his learning period.

Educator, Archeologist, Local History Export, Museographer (65th anniversary of Alexander Vasilyevich Konstantinov)

The article deals with scientific and educational activity of Alexander Vasilyevich Konstantinov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, chairman of Transbaikal Branch of the Russian Geographical Society on the occasion of his 65th anniversary. The scientist’s contribution to the historical science of the region, especially to the study of its ancient history is presented and his role in the development of education, including the training of teachers in Transbaikal region is assessed in the paper.

To the 65th Anniversary of Kurt Walter Zeidler: Review of the collection "The Final logical justification"

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Administrative Delictology Problems in Scientific Works by Professor V.V. Denisenko

The article which was written for the 65th anniversary of Professor Viktor V. Denisenko examines his contribution to the development of the modern science of administrative law. Special attention is focused on the research of the problems of administrative tort in the studies of V. V. Denisenko in the context of improving legislation on administrative offenses.

A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step

The article is dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Professor Alexander Vyacheslavovich Fedorov. It provides some data about the hero of the day, names the main directions of his scientific research and gives a brief description of the works published by him. The multifaceted nature of the practical and scientific activities of A.V. Fedorov.

Comprehension Approach to the Study of Law and Law Enforcement in the Works by Professor A.V. Fedorov

Purpose. The article is devoted to the 65th anniversary of the famous practitioner and scientist — Professor Alexander Fedorov. It provides brief information about the hero of the day, data on the main directions of his scientific research and published works, and concludes that he formed an intersectoral scientific school of combating crime with an emphasis on the comprehensive approach to the study of law and law enforcement inherent in this researcher. The purpose of the article is to promote the most significant works of famous Russian scientists. Methodology: dialectics, hermeneutics, synergetics. Conclusions. The article shows that it is practice that determines the need for conducting appropriate legal research, since legal science cannot be divorced from the realities of life, but is derived from them, providing the solution of practical problems. In turn, legal practice, first, is largely based on the results of previous scientific activity, and secondly, ultimately aimed at solving practical problems. Scientific and practical significance. The article proves that, on the one hand, legal practice is a source of development of legal science, and on the other hand, legal science largely determines what legal practice should be. At the same time, both science and practice in their combination in this article successfully develop a comprehensive theory of law.

Optimization: From Its Inception

Optimization has been one of the most fundamental and extensive contributions of management science/operations research, with an enormous number of contributions and subfields developed by many researchers and practitioners. When the journal Management Science launched in 1954, little was known about optimization, including some results in nonlinear optimization and the simplex method and duality developed for linear programming. However, linear programming computations were limited to problems with at most 101 linear constraints. Then some early contributions by seminal researchers began to develop foundations for the field. I will review a few of these early contributions, focusing on the traveling sales problem and integer programming, decomposition, and column generation. I will summarize some research and applied contributions since then, including the enormous development of computations. I will focus on linear and integer programs with some material on combinatorial optimization. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, Special Section of Management Science: 65th Anniversary.

Enabling Entrepreneurial Choice

Entrepreneurs must choose between alternative strategies for bringing their idea to market. They face uncertainty regarding both the quality of their idea as well as the efficacy of each strategy. Although entrepreneurs can reduce this uncertainty by conducting tests, any single test conflates the signal of the efficacy of the particular strategy and the quality of the idea. Resolving this conflation requires exploring multiple strategies. Consequently, entrepreneurial choice is enhanced by finding ways to lower the cost of testing multiple strategies, receiving guidance as to the types of tests likely to reduce signal conflation, and optimally sequencing tests based on previous beliefs. This creates a role for judgment that may be provided by trusted third parties such as mentors and investors. We hypothesize that institutions that lower the cost of transmitting and aggregating judgment spur entrepreneurial performance. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, Special Issue of Management Science: 65th Anniversary.

Reflections on the Evolution of Operations Management

In this paper, I provide some observations on how the academic field of operations management has changed over the past 40 years. For this purpose, I have identified and classified the operations management (OM) papers published in Management Science in 1976 and in 2016. From this review, I comment on what’s changed, what’s new, and what we might see in the future. In reflecting on these changes, I also document and discuss how the OM editorial structure and mission have evolved at Management Science over this time. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, Special Section of Management Science: 65th Anniversary.