title: [Definition of the concept "information" and prospects of its use in biology].
abstract: It is suggested to define the concept "information" as a "guide to action",--as a sum of methods, rules and data necessary for constructing an operator which should ensure an increase in the probability of occurrence of some event called a "goal" in the initial situation. The main properties of information, the possibility of estimating its volume, value and efficiency, as well as the problems related to information dynamics are considered. Some prospects of using the formulated concepts in biology are discussed.
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012107:Research Design
vernacular_title: Opredelenie poniatiia "informatsiia" i vozmozhnosti ego ispol'zovaniia v biologii.