# Model Complexity

> The degree of intricacy in a model, which raises accuracy but lowers explainability.

Record: `lexicon:model-complexity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-model-complexity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Metric Completeness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/metric-completeness.md) and before [Monitoring Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/monitoring-cost.md).

## Category

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/model-architecture.md)

## In tension with

- [Explainability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/explainability.md)
- [Explainability / Model Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/explainability-model-complexity.md)

## Linked from

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-model-architecture.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)