Reverse engineering is when you take apart or study something in order to understand how it was created or how it works. It is like dissecting or unraveling something to learn its secrets. Full definition
By adopting strategies of reverse engineering of real mass - produced appliances the artist breaks down established relationships between modes of production and creation. (cellprojects.org)
Finally if management has any sustainable competitive advantages (rare in insurance) they will use the advantages, and describe them in general terms so hat other insurers don't reverse engineer them. (alephblog.com)
Fear not though, for just as there is a way to determine your correct position sizing by reverse engineering the process, we can do the same with this conundrum. (bclund.com)