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Originally Posted by harry
Infra structure is sized on previous experience/statistics. It's not
possible to size it on future events.
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Not quite true. You collect info on past events, use it to find a model that fits, then use the model to assess the probability of future events. So if your model is based on a data set which includes several "once in 10 year" events, you may well be able to predict the size of a "once in a hundred years" event.
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