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random walk
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random walk
n. Statistics
A series of sequential movements in which the direction and size of each move is randomly determined.

random walk
n
1. (Physics / General Physics) a mathematical model used to describe physical processes, such as diffusion, in which a particle moves in straight-line steps of constant length but random direction
2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics a route consisting of successive and connected steps in which each step is chosen by a random mechanism uninfluenced by any previous step
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Noun1.random walk - a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance
stochastic process - a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time)


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