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sample paths

sample paths is the plural of sample path.

Meaning of sample path

Noun

sample path (plural sample paths)

  1. Any set of possible values to which the appropriate random variables determined by a stochastic process might map a given point in the sample space, taken over all values of the index space (often regarded as time).
    • These processes cannot have versions with continuous sample paths, otherwise the argument given in Chapter 12 forces them to be Brownian motion.1968, Leo Breiman, Probability, 1992, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Unabridged corrected republication, page 298
    Synonyms:
    stochastic realisation, stochastic realization, trajectory

Questions about sample paths

What is sample paths the plural of?
Sample paths is the plural of sample path.

Words near sample paths in the dictionary

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  5. sample path
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