Mathematical term for a stochastic process where a variable moves randomly. Often used in physics, finance, and statistics.
See also: ランダムウォーク
The random walk model is used to explain stock price fluctuations.
In physics, Brownian motion is considered a type of random walk.
Stock price fluctuations are often assumed to follow a random walk.
This problem is explained using a simple random walk model.
A two-dimensional random walk represents the motion of a particle on a plane.
乱歩 (random walk) and 乱暴 (violence, roughness) share the kanji 乱 and a similar sound, but have completely unrelated meanings.
Compound of 乱 (ran, 'random, disorder') and 歩 (ho, 'walk, step'), directly translating the English mathematical term 'random walk'.