"sample path" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sample paths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sample path (plural sample paths)
  1. (statistics) 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). Categories (topical): Statistics Synonyms: sample-path [attributive] Synonyms (set of values for a given point of sample space): stochastic realisation, stochastic realization, trajectory
    Sense id: en-sample_path-en-noun-DuINPxe0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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