stochastic
stochastic
Definition
sto·chas·tic (stō kas′tik, stə-)
adjective
- of, pertaining to, or arising from chance; involving probability; random
- Math. designating a process in which a sequence of values is drawn from a corresponding sequence of jointly distributed random variables
Etymology: < Gr stochastikos, proceeding by guesswork, lit., skillful in aiming < stochazesthai, to aim at < stochos, a target: for IE base see sting
stochastic
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- genuinely: It was then shown that modern geometric methods developed for deterministic time series analysis could be used in this genuinely stochastic setting.
- recently: Substantial experience has been accumulated in solving large-scale linear, integer programming problems, and recently stochastic integer programming.
Modifies a noun
- calculus: Overview of the thesis Chapter 2 is an introduction to stochastic calculus.
- pdes: Those whose specialty requires solving stochastic PDEs use the Monte Carlo methods developed at Los Alamos during WWII.
- equation: Stochastic differential equations driven by a Wiener process are studied.
- algebra: Analysis of a multimedia stream using stochastic process algebra.
- volatility: Financial mathematics research includes interest rate and credit risk modeling, risk measures, hedging in incomplete markets, stochastic volatility and Levy processes.
- resonance: We apply our approach to stochastic resonance and propose a novel resonance criterion which is based on the evaluation of the probability current.
Used with adjective complement
- use: The best technique is to use stochastic with trend analysis to time trades in the duration of the major trend.
- include: Others develop and apply mathematical models, including stochastic modeling and decision analysis.
Preposition: in
- nature: Social models tend to be either deterministic or stochastic in nature.
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