Backcasting. Verb.
Definition: To predict the future based on the recent past.
Sample usage: Wake up in the morning, put on shorts and a t-shirt, do so because today is going to be very hot. And how do you know this? Because yesterday was very hot. That's backcasting.
See also: forecasting
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--Ben
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