Lookahead vs Forecast - What's the difference?
lookahead | forecast |
(computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
:Our computer chess program uses lookahead to avoid difficult endgames.
To estimate how something will be in the future.
(obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
* Milton
An estimation of a future condition.
A prediction of the weather.
:* What's the forecast for tomorrow?
As nouns the difference between lookahead and forecast
is that lookahead is the analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed while forecast is an estimation of a future condition.As a verb forecast is
to estimate how something will be in the future.lookahead
English
Noun
See also
* lookasideforecast
English
(wikipedia forecast)Verb
- to forecast the weather
- to forecast a storm
- If it happen as I did forecast .