non-deterministic
adjective
specialized(alsonondeterministic)uk/ˌnɒn.dɪ.tɜː.mɪˈnɪs.tɪk/us/ˌnɑːn.dɪ.tɝː.məˈnɪs.tɪk/mathematics,computing
producinga differentresulteachtimethe samepieceofdataisentered:
Thecalculusis non-deterministic because thesubstitutionmechanismdoes notfollowanystrategyforfetchingresourcesfromarguments.
In thetheoryofcomputation, a nondeterministicfinitestatemachineis one where there may be severalpossiblenextstates.
social science
likelyto have a differentresulteverytime, so that it is notpossibletoguesswhat willhappen:
We canadopta non-deterministicpositionthatseessocialstructureas acomplexsystemthat isunstableanddynamic.
Anyvotingmethodwhich iscompletelystrategy-free must be nondeterministic, that is, it might notselectthe sameoutcomeeverytimeit isapplied.
- A non-deterministicfunctionhas to becomputedover and over again, everytimethe UDF is called.
- Thepaperattributesthedifficultyofbuildingsuchdistributedapplicationsto thecomplexityofprogrammingnondeterministicsystems.
- Disjunctiverulesareusefulforrepresentingnon-deterministiccausallawsthatrepresentthepossibleoutcomesof anexperimentlikethrowingacoin.
Calculations & calculating
- algebraic
- algebraically
- algo
- algorithmic
- amount
- calculator
- count
- decimal system
- formula
- interpolate
- matrix
- miscalculation
- multigrid
- multigroup
- multipole
- non-commutative
- number-crunching
- QED
- root
- triangulation
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