backward induction
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English
Noun
backward induction (usually uncountable, plural backward inductions)
- (game theory) The process of reasoning backwards in time, from the end of a problem or situation, to determine a sequence of optimal actions.
- 2021 December 14, Richard Partington, quoting Thomas Belsham, “Bitcoin could become ‘worthless’, Bank of England warns”, in The Guardian:
- 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.
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