stochastic process

Noun
  1. A statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time) (synset 113583099)
    is a type of: framework, model, theoretical account - a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
    subtypes:
    • markoff process, markov process - a simple stochastic process in which the distribution of future states depends only on the present state and not on how it arrived in the present state
    • random walk - a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance
    • stationary stochastic process - a stochastic process in which the distribution of the random variables is the same for any value of the variable parameter

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