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stochastic variable

[stō′kas·tik ′ver·ē·ə·bəl]
(mathematics)
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Three Monte Carlo frameworks were initially tested, including methods that adopt the critical duration concept and others that treat rainfall duration as a stochastic variable (Aurecon et al.
The phenomenon of multiple fading measurements is represented by a set of individual stochastic variables obeying a predetermined distribution on interval [0,1].
The stochastic variables were inserted into the model and using the CrystalBall[R] software, 10.000 iterations were simulated.
In other words, most current models regard trust as stochastic variable and assume trust states are independent from slot to slot.
As in all stochastic processes, the evaluation of the average of the stochastic variable under study is important.
The stochastic variable X([theta]) has the cumulant generating function
We point out that unlike [lambda], [PSI] is in this more general approach not a stochastic variable. This difference is particularly clear in the ontological interpretation of ref.
When the download request follows a compound Poisson process, the number of files per download is also a stochastic variable. The number of files for a download does not depend on that for other downloads and their distribution [14].
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