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02/18/10(Thu)16:20:20 No.198914158Randomness
is a concept with somewhat disparate meanings in several fields. It
also has common meanings which may have loose connections with some of
those more definite meanings. The Oxford English Dictionary defines
"random" thus:
Having no definite aim or purpose; not sent or
guided in a particular direction; made, done, occurring, etc., without
method or conscious choice; haphazard.
Also, in statistics, as:
Governed by or involving equal chances for each of the actual or
hypothetical members of a population; (also) produced or obtained by
such a process, and therefore unpredictable in detail. |