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The monograph is concerned with two related topics. The first of them is the following integro-differential equation with unknown function \(x\): \[ \frac{\partial x(t,s)}{\partial t} = c(t,s)x(t,s)+\int_{a}^{b}k(t,s,\sigma)x(t,\sigma) d\sigma+f(t,s),\qquad t\in J,\tag{1} \] where \(J\) is a bounded or unbounded interval. Identifying in the standard way a real function \(z=z(t,s)\) of two variables with a vector function \(z=z(t)\), defined on \(J\) and taking values in some Banach space \(X\) of real functions on \([a,b]\), one may formally rewrite equation (1) as an ordinary differential equation on \(X\): \[ \frac{dx}{dt}=A(t)x+f(t),\tag{2} \] where operator-valued function \(A(t)\) takes values in the set of integral operators of the form \[ (By)(s)=d(s)y(s)+\int_{a}^{b}l(t,\sigma)y(\sigma) d\sigma.\tag{3} \] Partial integral operators constitute the second topic of the monograph. In the most general form these operators may be written as follows: \[ \begin{multlined} (Ax)(t,s)=c(t,s)x(t,s)+\int_{T}l(t,s,\tau)x(\tau,s) d\tau\\+ \int_{S}m(t,s,\sigma)x(t,\sigma) d\sigma+ \int_{T}\int_{S}n(t,s,\tau,\sigma)x(\tau,\sigma) d\tau d\sigma, \end{multlined} \] where \(T\) and \(S\) are arbitrary measure spaces. Let us give a brief sketch of the contents. After discussing the connection between the integro-differential equations (1) and the corresponding equations (2), with a particular emphasis on the important cases when the above mentioned space \(X\) coincides with \(C([a,b])\) or with \(L_{p}([a,b])\) (\(1\leqslant p\leqslant \infty \)), the authors study thoroughly operators (and corresponding operator-functions) of the form (3), including continuity problems and algebraic properties of the set of these operators. A generalization of some of these results to the case of so-called ideal spaces is given. Basic analytic properties of equations (2) are investigated. These properties include continuous dependence of solutions on a small scalar parameter, bounded and periodic solutions to equation (1), and boundary value problems for these equations. Problems solved for partial integral operators and corresponding equations include: boundedness and continuity of these operators in the space \(C(T \times S)\); spectral properties for special classes of these operators; existence and uniqueness of solutions for the corresponding equations. The final chapter is concerned with some generalizations of the previous results and contains numerous applications of the equations under consideration.