# Measured-vs-Estimated Validation

> Run validation when execution is available; otherwise estimate from static evidence, label the result as estimated, and never report estimated performance as measured.

Record: `algorithms:measured-vs-estimated-validation`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-measured-vs-estimated-validation
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/measured-vs-estimated-validation/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Entry Point Migration](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/entry-point-migration.md) and before [Architecture Validation Before Persistence](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/architecture-validation-before-persistence.md).

## Domain

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

## Stage

- [verify](https://banes-lab.com/records/stage/verify.md)

## Axis

- [verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-verification.md)

## Tier

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

## Math type

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

## Force

- [Correctness verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/correctness-verification.md)
- [Performance scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/performance-scaling.md)
- [Runtime extensibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/runtime-extensibility.md)

## Linked from

- [The derivation loop](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/reasoning-loop-derivation-loop.md)
- [The axes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-axes.md)
- [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)