Definition of "probabilistic" [probabilistic]

• Of, relating to, or based on probabilism. (adjective)
• Of, based on, or affected by probability, randomness, or chance: "The Big Bang universe is . . . exemplified in the probabilistic and indeterminate interactions of the smallest known physical properties” ( Frederick Turner). (adjective)

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• "Instead, all you need is to design agents capable of exhibiting various behaviors and give them certain probabilistic tendencies."
• "Regulation by predicting what's probable has been evolving since 1975, when the NRC and reactor owners began moving from a traditional rulebook form of regulation -- involving specific requirements, for instance, about equipment and procedures -- toward what is known as probabilistic risk assessment, or PRA."
• "Because the flow of all future paths is what is called probabilistic, known in general but not exactly, the exact future is not contained within the present."