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nondeterminism

noun
/nɑndəˈtɝmɪnɪzəm/CA

Etymology

From non- + determinism.

  1. borrowed from déterminisme
  2. prefixed as nondeterminism — “non + determinism”

Definitions

  1. The opposite of determinism

    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

    The property of being nondeterministic, involving arbitrary choices; necessitating the choice between various indistinguishable possibilities.

    • Projection of an automaton almost always results in nondeterminism.

The neighborhood

Derived

angelic non-determinism

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nondeterminism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA