Backward induction

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Backward induction

Quality:

Backward induction - process of reasoning backwards in time. Article “Backward induction” in English Wikipedia has 44.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 20 references and 13 sections.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Backward induction”, its content was written by 126 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 238 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 246 times in English Wikipedia and cited 585 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #12010 in April 2024
  • Global: #49725 in April 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #203060 in November 2009
  • Global: #297528 in November 2014

There are 12 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1German (de)
Rückwärtsinduktion
47.767
2English (en)
Backward induction
44.2113
3Ukrainian (uk)
Індукція назад
32.8185
4Persian (fa)
استنتاج معکوس
28.4418
5Catalan (ca)
Inducció cap enrere
26.2408
6Russian (ru)
Обратная индукция
22.8478
7Spanish (es)
Inducción hacia atrás
21.2279
8Italian (it)
Induzione a ritroso
18.8551
9Hebrew (he)
אינדוקציה לאחור
9.9909
10French (fr)
Raisonnement rétrograde
3.8276
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Backward induction" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Backward induction
596 046
2German (de)
Rückwärtsinduktion
69 873
3Spanish (es)
Inducción hacia atrás
30 190
4Italian (it)
Induzione a ritroso
25 944
5Hebrew (he)
אינדוקציה לאחור
17 813
6Russian (ru)
Обратная индукция
16 972
7Polish (pl)
Indukcja wsteczna
14 633
8French (fr)
Raisonnement rétrograde
13 908
9Persian (fa)
استنتاج معکوس
6 434
10Japanese (ja)
後退帰納法
2 899
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Backward induction" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Backward induction
2 054
2German (de)
Rückwärtsinduktion
93
3French (fr)
Raisonnement rétrograde
68
4Spanish (es)
Inducción hacia atrás
67
5Japanese (ja)
後退帰納法
64
6Russian (ru)
Обратная индукция
62
7Ukrainian (uk)
Індукція назад
34
8Polish (pl)
Indukcja wsteczna
27
9Italian (it)
Induzione a ritroso
25
10Hebrew (he)
אינדוקציה לאחור
24
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Backward induction" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Backward induction
126
2German (de)
Rückwärtsinduktion
31
3French (fr)
Raisonnement rétrograde
20
4Italian (it)
Induzione a ritroso
19
5Hebrew (he)
אינדוקציה לאחור
16
6Spanish (es)
Inducción hacia atrás
7
7Ukrainian (uk)
Індукція назад
5
8Persian (fa)
استنتاج معکوس
3
9Japanese (ja)
後退帰納法
3
10Polish (pl)
Indukcja wsteczna
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Backward induction" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Italian (it)
Induzione a ritroso
1
2Catalan (ca)
Inducció cap enrere
0
3German (de)
Rückwärtsinduktion
0
4English (en)
Backward induction
0
5Spanish (es)
Inducción hacia atrás
0
6Persian (fa)
استنتاج معکوس
0
7French (fr)
Raisonnement rétrograde
0
8Hebrew (he)
אינדוקציה לאחור
0
9Japanese (ja)
後退帰納法
0
10Polish (pl)
Indukcja wsteczna
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Backward induction" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Backward induction
246
2French (fr)
Raisonnement rétrograde
96
3Persian (fa)
استنتاج معکوس
70
4Russian (ru)
Обратная индукция
62
5Italian (it)
Induzione a ritroso
51
6German (de)
Rückwärtsinduktion
15
7Spanish (es)
Inducción hacia atrás
13
8Hebrew (he)
אינדוקציה לאחור
10
9Ukrainian (uk)
Індукція назад
10
10Catalan (ca)
Inducció cap enrere
6
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Inducció cap enrere
deGerman
Rückwärtsinduktion
enEnglish
Backward induction
esSpanish
Inducción hacia atrás
faPersian
استنتاج معکوس
frFrench
Raisonnement rétrograde
heHebrew
אינדוקציה לאחור
itItalian
Induzione a ritroso
jaJapanese
後退帰納法
plPolish
Indukcja wsteczna
ruRussian
Обратная индукция
ukUkrainian
Індукція назад

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#203060
11.2009
Global:
#297528
11.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12010
04.2024
Global:
#49725
04.2024

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Backward induction from Wikipedia articles about Bellman equation, Mathematical induction, Backward chaining, Curse of dimensionality and Markov decision process. Whereas reading the article about Backward induction people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Secretary problem, Bellman equation, Subgame perfect equilibrium, Unexpected hanging paradox and Minimax.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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