Guesstimation¶
Weinstein, L., & Adam, J. A. (2008). Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin. Princeton University Press.
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Mechanisms¶
- Back-of-Envelope Estimate
- This is the discipline of Fermi estimation — reasoning to a defensible scale from decomposed, roundable quantities.
This sourcePresents Fermi-style guesstimation as deriving useful ballpark scales from plausible assumptions, elementary arithmetic, and decomposition into manageable subproblems.
- This is the discipline of Fermi estimation — reasoning to a defensible scale from decomposed, roundable quantities.
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