"stopping time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stopping times [plural]
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  1. (mathematics) A random variable representing the time required for a stochastic process to satisfy a certain condition, which must be determined using only information available up to such time and must occur almost surely in finite time. Wikipedia link: stopping time Categories (topical): Mathematics
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