A Pedestrian View on Random Walk

Bornali Purkayastha

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V59P207

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Volume 59 | Number 1 | Year 2018 | Article Id. IJETT-V59P207 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V59P207

A Pedestrian View on Random Walk

Bornali Purkayastha

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Bornali Purkayastha, "A Pedestrian View on Random Walk," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 42-44, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V59P207

Abstract

In this paper the essential features of a random walk are described. Random walk is correlated to other physically observed motions. Methods to simulate the random walk is briefly discussed.

Keywords

Random walk, Brownian motion

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