\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 04135865} \itemau{Pokrovskij, A.V.} \itemti{Measures of unpredictability of binary sequences.} \itemso{Sov. Phys., Dokl. 34, No.7, 594-596 (1989); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 307, No.2, 300-303 (1989).} \itemab The unpredictability of binary sequences is defined with the help of ``predictors'', mappings having a property of causality. Every class of the predictors can be constructed effectively according to four axioms. This idea, near the studies by von Mises, is presented against a background of probability theory and the theory of Kolmogorov complexity. \itemrv{J.Zurawiecki} \itemcc{} \itemut{unpredictability of binary sequences; causality; predictors; Kolmogorov complexity} \itemli{} \end