Compare: Forward vs. Backward reasoning.

Ans.: AS-PAAPAR-TWF

Parameter
Backward reasoning
Forward reasoning
Also known as
Goal driven reasoning
Data driven reasoning
Starts from
Possible conclusion
New data
Processing
Efficient
Somewhat wasteful
Aims for
Necessary data
Any conclusions
Approach
Conservative
Opportunistic

Practical if
No. of possible final answers is
reasonable or a set of known alternatives is available
Combined explosion creates an
infinite no. of possible right answers
Appropriate
for
Diagnostic and debugging
application
Planning, monitoring, control
and interpretation application
Reasoning
Top-down
Bottom-up
Type of search
Depth first search
Breadth first search
Who
determines the search

Consequents

Antecedents
Flow
ConsequentàAntecedent
AntecedentàConsequent

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