Backward Induction: Solving Games by Working Backwards
Backward Induction: Solving Games by Working Backwards You’re playing chess. How do you decide your next move? Master players don’t just think one move ahead — they think many moves ahead, anticipating their opponent’s responses, then their own responses to those responses, and so on. This is backward induction — one of game theory’s most powerful techniques. Instead of reasoning forward from the start, you reason backward from the end. ...