stochastic

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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 shark represents an external force capable of stochastic violence—its victims are innocent, having committed no crime worse than swimming on a hot summer day.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2024

“Each population is small and highly susceptible to stochastic events, especially wildfire,” notes a five-year status review for the frogs released last month by the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

Computers, he says, are a system out of equilibrium, and stochastic thermodynamics gives physicists a way to study nonequilibrium systems.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

With the advent of stochastic and quantum virtual reality generators - the distinction between "real" and "virtual" will fade.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Vaknin, Samuel