random walk

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   a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance

   Broaderstochastic process

Questions about random walk

What does random walk mean?

random walk means "a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance".

Is random walk a common word?

random walk is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.