Stochastically

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stochastic \Sto*chas"tic\ (st[-o]*k[a^]s"t[i^]k), a. [Gr.
     stochastiko`s, from stocha`zesqai to aim, to guess, fr.
     sto`chos mark or aim.]
     1. Conjectural; able to conjecture. [Obs.] --Whitefoot.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. random; chance; involving probability; opposite of
        {deterministic}.
        [GG]
  
     3. (Statistics) of or pertaining to a process in which a
        series of calculations, selections, or observations are
        made, each one being randomly determined as a sample from
        a probability distribution.
  
     Note: Where physical phenomena are modelled as a stochastic
           process, each subsequent calculation of a series may
           depend on the result of the previous calculation, as in
           the modelling of the process of diffusion of molecules.
           Many series may be calculated, and the results
           averaged, to estimate the most likely result. See also
           {Markov chain}.
           [PJC] -- {sto*chas"tic*al*ly}, adv.
           [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stochastically
       adv : by stochastic means; "we estimated the answer
             stochastically"