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What Does Deterministic System Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n

A deterministic system is a system in which a given initial state or condition will always produce the same results. There is no randomness or variation in the ways that inputs get delivered as outputs.<\/p>\n

Techopedia Explains Deterministic System<\/span><\/h2>\n

In a non-deterministic system, by contrast, there is some randomness or choice involved in the model. One of the best ways to explain this is to contrast the deterministic system with a probabilistic system. Probabilistic computing involves taking inputs and subjecting them to probabilistic models in order to guess results.<\/p>\n

Through iterative processes, neural networks and other machine learning models accomplish the types of capabilities we think of as learning – the algorithms adapt and adjust to provide more sophisticated results.<\/p>\n

Deterministic programming is that traditional linear programming where X always equals X, and leads to action Y. If input X leads to an array of actions, that represents non-deterministic programming.<\/p>\n

Various technologies are taking us beyond deterministic programming into the world of non-deterministic computing. One is the use of non-deterministic models that do choose from an array of actions for input X.<\/p>\n

Another is a system called quantum computing where individual binary bits are replaced with items called qubits which can have a value of one, zero or an indeterminate value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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