Usually means: Reasoning from goal to data.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Backward chaining)

noun:  (or backward reasoning) an inference method described colloquially as working backward from the goal.
noun:  Chaining is a technique used in applied behavior analysis to teach complex tasks by breaking them down into discrete responses or individual behaviors that are part of a task analysis.


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