Stochastic /(stō̇*kăs"tĭk)/
Sto·chas·tic
Stochastic
a.
- Conjectural; able to conjecture. [Obs.]
- random; chance; involving probability; opposite of deterministic.
- of or pertaining to a process in which a series of calculations, selections, or observations are made, each one being randomly determined as a sample from a probability distribution. (Statistics)