backcasting definition

backcasting

Reverse-forecasting technique which starts with a specific future outcome and then works backwards to the present conditions.

backcasting is in the Disaster Planning & Risk Management and Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subjects.

backcasting appears in the definitions of the following terms: forecasting and divergence mapping

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