Stochastic (/stəˈkæstɪk/; from Ancient Greek στόχος (stókhos) 'aim, guess') refers to the property of being well-described by a random probability distribution...

In probability theory and related fields, a stochastic (/stəˈkæstɪk/) or random process is a mathematical object usually defined as a sequence of random...

Stochastic terrorism initially referred to a method of mathematically predicting overall risk of a terrorist attack by using various indicators such as...

Stochastic gradient descent (often abbreviated SGD) is an iterative method for optimizing an objective function with suitable smoothness properties (e...

In mathematics, a stochastic matrix is a square matrix used to describe the transitions of a Markov chain. Each of its entries is a nonnegative real number...

A stochastic differential equation (SDE) is a differential equation in which one or more of the terms is a stochastic process, resulting in a solution...

In machine learning, the term stochastic parrot is a metaphor to describe the theory that large language models, though able to generate plausible language...

Stochastic calculus is a branch of mathematics that operates on stochastic processes. It allows a consistent theory of integration to be defined for integrals...

Stochastic computing is a collection of techniques that represent continuous values by streams of random bits. Complex computations can then be computed...

Stochastic dominance is a partial order between random variables. It is a form of stochastic ordering. The concept arises in decision theory and decision...