... available. Probability theory as embodied in Bayes’ theorem is the unique logically consistent framework for such reasoning. This chapter summarizes the foundations of Bayesian inference along with some excursions into information theory and search theory. It also reviews some recent examples taken from...

...This chapter discusses how the Bayesian probability theory can be used as a framework in integrating multiple sensory cues, introduces elements of Bayesian theories of perception, and describes some psychophysical tests of Bayesian cue integration. Bayesian probability theory probability sensory...

... of the theory of evolution by natural selection. The isomorphism between the biological problem of finding an explanatory concept of environment within the context of the theory of natural selection and the much more general problem within probability theory—the reference class problem—is clarified here...

... rationality are described in terms in terms of axiomatic utility theory and probability theory. It is argued that the wide range of tasks investigated in the heuristics and biases literature captures most aspects of epistemic and instrumental rationality. Frank R H Hurley S Kacelnik A Nudds M Rationality...