  This a review article, which presents a general framework for the analysis of
interatomic magnetic interactions in the spin-density-functional theory, which
is based on the magnetic force theorem, make a link with the models for
transition-metal oxides, and gives several examples of how this strategy can be
used for the analysis of magnetic properties of colossal-magnetoresistive
perovskite manganites, double perovskite and pyrochlore compounds.
