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Comment by abetlen

My go-to heuristic is three point estimation, basically a weighted average of the best, worst, and average case [0].

(Best + Worst + 4 * Average) / 6

One nice property is that it imposes a distribution that adjusts for longer tailed risks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_estimation

parent abetlen 4 years ago

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