The phrase "a miscalculation of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an error in judgment or estimation regarding a particular situation or outcome.
Example: "The team's failure to meet the deadline was due to a miscalculation of the project's complexity."
Alternatives: "an error in" or "a misjudgment of".
Overestimating truly good paintings is a miscalculation of which there were several instances at Christie's.
A miscalculation of pressure values due to inaccurate unit conversion was the source of the misstatement.
On the contrary, his script shows the terrorists making a miscalculation of their own.
Whichever the case, his and Saddam's efforts at defiance and bluster turned out to be a miscalculation of historic proportions.
This article was amended on 20 December 2010 to correct a miscalculation of the dollar-sterling rate.
In many cases, glitches have to do with degraded network connectivity or a miscalculation of the bandwidth needed.
David Axelrod, a senior adviser to another Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama, said: "She has straddled a lot of issues, but I think this one was a miscalculation born of a misplaced comfort of where she is in the process.
In other words, two perfectly skilled teams competing on a level playing field will produce scoring events by chance alone, e.g., a slight miscalculation of velocity, a fumbled pass, shifting environmental variables like wind or heat, etc.
In dead reckoning, a tiny miscalculation of one variable over a great distance can lead to a large error in final position.
Besides, expecting pop music's largely youthful audience to pay hundreds of dollars a year may be a gross miscalculation of their disposable income.
And so perhaps in another 52 years the network executives at ABC will also admit to a gross miscalculation of judgment by inviting a blatantly, unavoidably racist woman onto their ratings-topping program Dancing With The Stars.
