non-deterministic
adjective specialized (also nondeterministic) uk/ˌnɒn.dɪ.tɜː.mɪˈnɪs.tɪk/ us/ˌnɑːn.dɪ.tɝː.məˈnɪs.tɪk/
mathematics, computing 非确定性的
producing a different result each time the same piece of data is entered
The calculus is non-deterministic because the substitution mechanism does not follow any strategy for fetching resources from arguments.
In the theory of computation, a nondeterministic finite state machine is one where there may be several possible next states. 在计算理论中，非确定性的有限状态机是指有几种可能的下一个状态的机器。
social science 非决定论的
likely to have a different result every time, so that it is not possible to guess what will happen
We can adopt a non-deterministic position that sees social structure as a complex system that is unstable and dynamic. 我们可以采取非确定性立场，将社会结构视为一个不稳定和动态的复杂系统。
Any voting method which is completely strategy-free must be nondeterministic, that is, it might not select the same outcome every time it is applied. 任何完全无策略的投票方法都必须是不确定的，也就是说，它可能不会在每次应用时选择相同的结果。
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- A non-deterministic function has to be computed over and over again, every time the UDF is called.
- The paper attributes the difficulty of building such distributed applications to the complexity of programming nondeterministic systems.
- Disjunctive rules are useful for representing non-deterministic causal laws that represent the possible outcomes of an experiment like throwing a coin.