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nondeterminisms

nondeterminisms is the plural of nondeterminism.

Meaning of nondeterminism

Noun

nondeterminism (countable and uncountable, plural nondeterminisms)

  1. The opposite of determinism: the doctrine that there are factors other than the state and immutable laws of the universe involved in the unfolding of events, such as free will.
  2. Dependence on factors other than initial state and input.
    • Moving from a single-processor to a multi-processor system often exposes hidden nondeterminism due to invalid assumptions about scheduling.
  3. The property of being nondeterministic, involving arbitrary choices; necessitating the choice between various indistinguishable possibilities.
    • Projection of an automaton almost always results in nondeterminism.

Questions about nondeterminisms

What is nondeterminisms the plural of?
Nondeterminisms is the plural of nondeterminism.

Words near nondeterminisms in the dictionary

  1. nondetermination
  2. nondeterminative
  3. nondetermined
  4. nondeterminicity
  5. nondeterminism
  6. nondeterminisms
  7. nondeterminist
  8. nondeterministic
  9. nondeterministic polynomial time
  10. nondeterministic polynomial times
  11. nondeterministic Turing machine

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