# Causality Ordering

> Model events as a dependency graph, assign causal metadata, preserve happens-before relationships with sequence numbers, Lamport clocks or vector clocks where physical timestamps are insufficient, and reject or compensate for invalid ordering.

Record: `algorithms:causality-ordering`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-causality-ordering
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/causality-ordering/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Observability Trace](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/observability-trace.md) and before [Performance Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/performance-scaling.md).

## Domain

- [Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/architecture.md)

## Tier

- [leaf](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-leaf.md)

## Math type

- [Graph](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-graph.md)

## Force

- [Causality ordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/causality-ordering.md)
- [Correctness verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/correctness-verification.md)
- [Event messaging](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/event-messaging.md)
- [Model governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/model-governance.md)
- [Observability traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/observability-traceability.md)

## Linked from

- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)
- [The forces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-forces.md)