backward chaining

synonym: back chaining
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10117
Inference method from hypothesis to data that supports the hypothesis
Note: Backward chaining is used in backward propagation to train an artificial neural network.
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 407. 'Vocabulary of concepts and terms in chemometrics (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 426 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0605)