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ensemble average vs time average [8709f3fa]

Tags: statistics

Both properties of stochastic process, ensemble average is effectively the expected value, whereas the time average is a strict random variable.

Time average of a stochastic process is simply the average value of a single outcome of a stochastic process.

Modern economics tends to conflate these and use ensemble averages when a time average is probably better.