Stochastic
adjective, Statistics.
1.
of or relating to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.
adjective
1.
(statistics)
(of a random variable) having a probability distribution, usually with finite variance
(of a process) involving a random variable the successive values of which are not independent
(of a matrix) square with non-negative elements that add to unity in each row
2.
(rare) involving conjecture
stochastic
(stō-kās’tĭk)
Involving or containing a random variable or variables.
Involving chance or probability.
probabilistic
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