1. A method for determining dependencies between a plurality of typed events pertaining to channels or services in a networked computing environment comprising a plurality of computers comprising: monitoring a plurality of timing characteristics comprising times of incoming and outgoing packets constituting a channel or a service for the plurality of typed events in the computers in the computer network; fitting the timing characteristics of the plurality of timed events to a model; using the model to determine which of the typed events are dependent on which other of the typed events based on the timing characteristics; and storing information pertaining to which of the typed events are dependent on which other of the typed events based on the timing characteristics.