random choice

collocation in English

meaningsofrandomandchoice

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random
adjective
uk
/ˈræn.dəm/us
/ˈræn.dəm/
happening, done, or chosen by chance rather than according to ...
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choice
noun
uk
/tʃɔɪs/us
/tʃɔɪs/
an act or the possibility ...
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(Definition ofrandomandchoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was not arandomchoice.
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Continuous line represents an evasion rate of 0.5 (=randomchoice).
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The evaluation of all subjects was monocular withrandomchoiceof the tested eye.
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Populations with discrete generations,randomchoiceof parents and random mating were simulated.
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The lower bound is obtained by a standardrandomchoiceargument.
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In the case of a tie, arandomchoiceis made.
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The stochastic element here is associated with therandomchoiceof a particular additive genetic value.
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Another possible way of making arandomchoicewould be what we might call mere will.
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Its main result is a minimax theorem about mixed strategies ('randomchoice'), and it is basically linear algebra.
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In the absence of the probability generating the keys, an uninformedrandomchoiceamong the children still provides an alternative.
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The composer's role was, therefore, to shape the mass of randomly generated grains by adjusting the limits ofrandomchoice.
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The color-based classifiers produced results close to expectation ofrandomchoicebetween two classes on average.
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Applying statistical rules seems worse thanrandomchoice.
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Analysis of errors was conducted to identify whether incorrect selection followed systematic preferences orrandomchoiceby the different age groups.
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That is, the choice among the variants available seems to have often been arandomchoicemade by the singer or the notating scribe.
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But if there are infinitely many universes the probability that at least one will support life is 1, given the further assumption ofrandomchoice.
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We are aware that this strategy still leaves room for improvement, for instance, because making arandomchoiceis not a guarantee for optimal variation.
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If these were included, the precision of the most frequent sense would be 64.62% and that of therandomchoicewould be 34.26%.
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This certainly does seem promising, for the random element is here external to the agent, and thus excuses his will from having to make arandomchoice.
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However, the color- and texture-based classifiers perform close to the expectation ofrandomchoice, whereas the performances of the classifier fusion methods are much more robust.
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Surprisingly, there were no significant reproductive fitness benefits of minimizing kinship overrandomchoiceof parents in spite of substantially lower inbreeding in the former than the latter.
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He is anxious to exclude serendipity andrandomchoicefrom our selection process.
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It was possible to restrict the range of the computer'srandomchoiceto zero by setting the maximum and minimum values for a particular parameter to the same value.
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