Inference method from data to hypothesis.
Note: In logic, forward chaining is the application of modus ponens (if \(\rm{P}\) implies \(\rm{Q}\), given \(\rm{P}\) then \(\rm{Q}\)).
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 407. 'Vocabulary of concepts and terms in chemometrics (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 428 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0605)