Back of envelope rule
Synonyms for "back of envelope rule" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (5)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (7)
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More general
15 entriesanalytic shortcutcautionary notecost estimation techniquedescriptive adjectiveearly stage estimationestimate methodestimation shortcutheuristicheuristic techniqueinformal descriptorlimitationplanning heuristicqualitative guidelinerisk management principlerule
More specific
12 entriesballpark figureheuristic rulemargin of errororder of magnitude estimatepreliminary assessmentpreliminary rulerough calculationrough estimaterough rulescreening heuristictop-down estimateuncertainty bound
Collocations
11 entriesback of envelope calculationback of envelope estimateback-of-envelopeback-of-envelope approachback-of-envelope calculationback-of-envelope estimateback-of-envelope heuristicback-of-envelope ruleballpark figurerough estimaterule of thumb
Inflections
3 entriesback of envelope rulesmore back-of-envelope rulemost back-of-envelope rule
Derivations
8 entriesback of envelopeback of envelope approachback of envelope calculationback of envelope estimationback-of-envelopeback-of-envelope calculationback-of-envelope estimationback-of-envelope rules