# Profiling

> Measures the distribution of execution cost

Record: `reasoning:technique-profiling`
Kind: technique
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning#reasoning-technique-profiling

Listed in [Reasoning records](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/reasoning.md), after [Stress Testing](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/technique-stress-testing.md) and before [Heap Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/technique-heap-analysis.md).

## Mode

- [observation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-observation.md)

## Principle ref

- [Profiling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/profiling.md)

## Surfaces

- [memory-correctness](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/test-surface-memory-correctness.md)
- [performance-correctness](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/test-surface-performance-correctness.md)

## Linked from

- [The modes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-modes.md)
- [The test surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-test-surfaces.md)