A simple example is algorithms that compute the value of applying associative and commutative functions. For example we can sum a set of integers by nondeterministically picking and removing an element and iterating until the set is empty. Despite the large number of possible processes, the result at termination will always be the same.

Local nondeterminism, where random variations can be introduced but disappears later:

Example: size of a set = 1 + (remove an element from the set and then compute size of reduced set, or 0 if set is empty)