I believe 'stochastic' means 'random'. Many processes you might want to mimic on a PC are so complex that, practically speaking, there isn't an equation to explain it. For example, the stock market and the weather.
To simulate these, we simplify our program by assuming they behave somewhat randomly or stochastically.....so your physics equations will involve random number generators. Hope that helps. Chris On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 01:32:12AM +0000, Todd Walton wrote: > On 9/30/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > stochastic simulation software for the United States Navy. > > Really... > > Can you tell me, Chris Seberino, what stochastic simulation software > is? I've only heard the term used in connection with machine > learning. M-W.com, which is woefully inadequate in this context, I > know, says that "stochastic" means "random". But the OED and Google's > define: say that it means random, but with some sort of big picture > predictability. Can you elucidate? > > -todd > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- _______________________________________ Christian Seberino, Ph.D. SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Code 2872 49258 Mills Street, Room 158 San Diego, CA 92152-5385 U.S.A. Phone: (619) 553-9973 Fax : (619) 553-6521 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
