Randomization is the process of making something random ; this means:

Randomization is used in statistics and in gambling.

Randomization is a core principle in statistical theory, whose importance was emphasized by Charles S. Peirce in " Illustrations of the Logic of Science " ( 1877 – 1878 ) and " A Theory of Probable Inference " ( 1883 ).

Randomization is used extensively in the field of gambling ( or generally being random ).

Randomization — When subjects are asked to choose from a variety of selections, there is an inherent bias to choose the first selection they are shown.

Randomization is crucial for encryption schemes to achieve semantic security, a property whereby repeated usage of the scheme under the same key does not allow an attacker to infer relationships between segments of the encrypted message.

Randomization is also required for other primitives, such as universal hash functions and message authentication codes based thereon.

Randomization of starting conditions is a technique common in board games, card games, and also experimental research which fights back against the human tendency to optimise patterns in one's favor.

When running native 64-bit binaries on Windows Vista and above, ASLR ( Address Space Layout Randomization ) is mandatory, and thus relocation sections cannot be omitted by the compiler.

; Randomization: A schedule for allocating treatment material and for conducting treatment combinations in a DOE such that the conditions in one run neither depend on the conditions of the previous run nor predict the conditions in the subsequent runs.

The defense against this was inspired by Michael Rabin's mantra, " Randomization.

Randomization reduces confounding by equalising so-called factors ( independent variables ) that have not been accounted for in the experimental design.

Randomization, the control of variables, and valid, reliable measures are used to relate the results of the smaller subject pool to the population.

All assume a full, position independent executable base with full Executable Space Protections and full Address Space Layout Randomization.

Some systems implement Library Load Order Randomization, a form of ASLR which randomizes the order in which libraries are loaded.

The haphazard fiscal year calendar is an obstacle to the planning of clear and efficient state-local revenue and expenditure relationships.

It is an exotic place, so different from the ordinary that the casual tourist is likely to see at first only the contrast and the ugliness of narrow streets lined with haphazard houses.

* Woven bone, which is characterized by haphazard organization of collagen fibers and is mechanically weak

In an essay on conspiracy theories originating in the Middle East, Daniel Pipes notes that " ive assumptions distinguish the conspiracy theorist from more conventional patterns of thought: appearances deceive ; conspiracies drive history ; nothing is haphazard ; the enemy always gains ; power, fame, money, and sex account for all.

As Greenwich Village was once a rural hamlet, to the north of the 17th century European settlement on Manhattan Island, its street layout is more haphazard than the grid pattern of the 19th-century grid plan ( based on the Commissioners ' Plan of 1811 ).

Evolutionary biologists argue that evolution often works in this kind of blind, haphazard manner in which the function of an early form is not necessarily the same as the function of the later form.

The most critical of these was David Thomson's Scott's Men ( 1977 ); in Thomson's view, Scott was not a great man, " at least, not until near the end "; his planning is described as " haphazard " and " flawed ", his leadership characterised by lack of foresight.

" Johnson saw no positives in Dr. No, saying that " Mr Fleming has no literary skill, the construction of the book is chaotic, and entire incidents and situations are inserted, and then forgotten, in a haphazard manner.

He is also haphazard and clumsy.

Front quad itself is probably the earliest collegiate quadrangle, but its informal, almost haphazard, pattern cannot be said to have influenced designers elsewhere.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar ; it is not haphazard and superficial.

In a traditional school setting, teachers almost never evaluate an individual student differently than other students, and while teachers often use different methods, this is sometimes haphazard and not always with regard to an individual student.

In the pool in front of the ruin is a seemingly haphazard arrangement of stone fragments supporting a figural group which symbolizes the rivers Danube and Enns.

If this being is all-wise, then his very act of creation cannot be haphazard or in vain.

Speaking generally, the further his genealogy goes back, the more numerous and varied will his ancestry become, until they cease to differ from any equally numerous sample taken at haphazard from the race at large .” This is incorrect, since a child receives its genetic makeup exclusively from its parents.

The degree of polymerisation in nature is difficult to measure, since it is fragmented during extraction and the molecule consists of various types of substructures that appear to repeat in a haphazard manner.

Bartók researched folk melodies, and their influence is felt throughout the work ; for example, the second main theme of the first movement, as played by the 1st oboe, resembles a folk melody, with its narrow range and almost haphazard rhythm.

An Internet Library is more than a haphazard collection of materials on an internet server.

The basic tenets of this approach are i ) that life can only exist in the form of interconnected nutrient cycles ( i. e. the ecosystem ); ii ) that ecosystem assembly is an organized process as opposed a haphazard one ; iii ) that the emergence of life on earth was congruent with respect to the appearance of primordial nutrient cycles ; iv ) that in addition to the evolution of species there exists a separate process of ecological evolution the direction of which is predetermined by community composition and dynamics ( Lekevičius, 2006 ).

`` This is a mighty empty country '', Morgan said.

This is the Rafter Aj.

Laurel is gone, my men are gone, Ed is dead -- and you come to me, to help me.

But California is where we're goin ''.

Clayton is with him, takin him out of the valley.

His wife had said to him: `` Nellie is in love with Clayton Roy.

California is too far, he thought.

`` The main bunch is outside, but there are some over there inside the wall ''.

`` No telling how good this horse is '', Mike panted.

My God, how long is he going to wait, I thought.

`` Gray Eyes is back,, Montero said.

`` This is Mitchell Barton.

That's really all he's got, all he is.

that is, to show no curiosity whatsoever.

`` But to take him and leave his mother behind is not good ''.

`` Exterminatin' cow thieves is just a business proposition with me '', he'd blandly announce.

It is possible, although highly doubtful, that he killed none at all but merely let his reputation work for him by privately claiming every unsolved murder in the state.

It is also possible, but equally doubtful, that he actually shot down the hundreds of men with which his legend credits him.

( The best evidence is that he received a monthly wage of about $125, very good money in an era when top hands worked for $30 and found.

He started toward the stairway, then turned to add, `` Tell her to come to Adams's room, that Adams is in trouble.

Even the knowledge that she was losing another boy, as a mother always does when a marriage is made, did not prevent her from having the first carefree, dreamless sleep that she had known since they dropped down the canyon and into Bear Valley, way, way back there when they were crossing those other mountains.

Let me pass over the trip to Sante Fe with something of the same speed which made Mrs. Roebuck `` wonduh if the wahtahm speed limit '' ( 35 m.p.h. ) `` is still in ee-faket ''.

I seized the rack and made a western-style flying-mount just in time, one of my knees mercifully landing on my duffel bag -- and merely wrecking my camera, I was to discover later -- my other knee landing on the slivery truck floor boards and -- but this is no medical report.

One of my virtues or vices is a sort of three-dimensional imagination complete with sound effects and glorious living color.