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| Nov 23, 2016 | » | What is Ergodicity?
3 min; updated Sep 17, 2026
A random process is ergodic if all of its statistics can be determined from a sample function of the process. That is, the ensemble averages equal the corresponding time averages with probability one. Role of Ergodicity in Human InferenceA newspaper has previously printed some inaccurate information, therefore, the newspaper is going to publish inaccurate information in the future. Fair; ensemble of published articles is more or less ergodic. More crimes are committed by black persons than by white persons, therefore each individual black person is not to be trusted? The ensemble of black people is not at all ergodic! ... |