“…We have used the principle of zonality of control parameters as the basis of numerical techniques for solving such specific optimization and inverse problems like the problem of optimal placement of production and injection wells and optimal control of their flow rates during the operation of an oil reservoir under the regime of water-driven piston displacement [1], the problem of identifying the hydraulic resistance coefficient under the unsteady flow of viscous fluids through pipelines [5], and problems of feedback control and identification of objects with lumped parameters [2], [3], [4], [13], [14], [16], [17], [18].…”