# Model Assumptions

> The simplifying premises a performance model depends on, which limit how well it matches reality.

Record: `lexicon:model-assumptions`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-model-assumptions

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Measurement Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/measurement-overhead.md) and before [Over-Provisioning](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/over-provisioning.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## In tension with

- [Queuing Theory](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/queuing-theory.md)
- [Queuing Theory / Model Assumptions](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/model-assumptions-queuing-theory.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)