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backward inductions

backward inductions is the plural of backward induction.

Meaning of backward induction

Noun

backward induction (usually uncountable, plural backward inductions)

  1. (usually) The process of reasoning backwards in time, from the end of a problem or situation, to determine a sequence of optimal actions.
    • Simple game theory tells us that a process of backward induction should, really, at some point, induce the smart money to get out. And were that to happen, investors really should be prepared to lose everything.2021 December 14, Richard Partington, quoting Thomas Belsham, “Bitcoin could become ‘worthless’, Bank of England warns”, in The Guardian

Questions about backward inductions

What is backward inductions the plural of?
Backward inductions is the plural of backward induction.

Words near backward inductions in the dictionary

  1. backward in coming forward
  2. backward incompatibilities
  3. backward incompatibility
  4. backward incompatible
  5. backward induction
  6. backward inductions
  7. backward integration
  8. backward integrations
  9. backward linkage
  10. backward linkages
  11. backward masking

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