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stochastic

[stuh-kas-tik] / stəˈkæs tɪk /


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Sander Van Der Linden, a professor of social psychology at the University of Cambridge, uses the term "stochastic terrorism" to describe events like this.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

Combining the stochastic oscillator with support and resistance improves results.

From Barron's Apr. 10, 2026

When they combined the stochastic siren method with existing measurements from individual black hole mergers, they achieved a more precise estimate of the Hubble constant.

From Science Daily Mar. 1, 2026

Like other group behaviors, traffic exhibits statistical and stochastic patterns, with variations summed over vast regularity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 2026

The basic observation that we make here is that the stochastic approach is basically a modeling method, and there is no implication that arrival and service are intrinsically random.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus




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