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Definition of Stochastic variable
1. Noun. A variable quantity that is random.
Generic synonyms: Variable, Variable Quantity
Derivative terms: Vary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stochastic Variable
Literary usage of Stochastic variable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. SAS(R) 9.1.3 High-Performance Forecasting: User's Guide, Third Edition, 2 by SAS Publishing, Publishing SAS Publishing (2005)
"STOCHASTIC Statement STOCHASTIC variable-list / options; The STOCHASTIC statement
lists the numeric variables in the DATA= data set whose accumulated values ..."
2. Rebuilding After War: Micro-Level Determinants of Poverty Reduction in by Kenneth Simler (2004)
"It is therefore appropriate to treat predicted consumption as a stochastic
variable, and hence, we go on to compute the probability of being poor associated ..."
3. Space Radiation Hazards and the Vision for Space Exploration: Report of a by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Risk is a stochastic variable, corresponding to a probability distribution of
observing all significant health effects arising out of exposure to radiation ..."
4. Finland by OECD Staff, OECD (2004)
"The NAIRU is treated as an unobserved stochastic variable, with estimates obtained
using a Kalman filter under the assumption that the NAIRU is a random ..."