Probabilities of encounters between objects in biological systems 2: cognizer view

Area of Science:

• Cognitive Science
• Theoretical Biology
• Probability Theory

Background:

• Repetitive events may not yield consistent outcomes.
• Internal probability is defined as a cognizer's certainty of an event, distinct from external, meta-observer probability.
• Internal probability may reflect adaptive cognitions for environmental interaction.

Purpose of the Study:

• To quantitatively describe encounter probabilities using an internal probability concept.
• To explore this within a cognizer system model framework.
• To reconcile internal and external probability concepts.

Main Methods:

• Developed a cognizer system model.
• Applied an internal probability concept for quantitative analysis.
• Compared internal analysis results with external meta-observer probability formulations.

Main Results:

• The internal analysis yielded a formulation consistent with the external meta-observer concept.
• Demonstrated theoretical consistency between internal and external probability analyses.
• Showed that cognizers can modulate encounter probabilities through selective responses.

Conclusions:

• Internal and external probability concepts are theoretically consistent.
• Cognitive systems can adaptively control encounter probabilities with targets.
• This provides a quantitative understanding of biological adaptation.