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stochastic

Adjective B2 – Upper-Intermediate

Involving randomness, so that outcomes can't be predicted exactly, only described in terms of probability.

"The model treats customer arrivals as a stochastic process rather than a fixed schedule."

A stochastic process is essentially the opposite of a deterministic one, where the same starting conditions always give the same result.