Patcher Continuous State

Description

This functor generates new patches of a certain class or category, allocating a continuous quantity of stock, rather than a discrete number of cells, up to a specified quota.

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
Continuous Landscape	Map Type	Map of stocks. Each cell represents the amount of stock stored, in units per hectare.
Probabilities	Map Type	Map of spatial probabilities.
Quota	Real Value Type	Accumulation quota, in units.
Mean	Real Value Type	Patch mean, in hectares.
Variance	Real Value Type	Patch variance, in hectares.
Isometry	Real Value Type	Patch isometry.

Optional Inputs

Name	Type	Description	Default Value
Neighbor Window Lines	Positive Integer Value Type	Number of lines of the neighborhood search window. This is an advanced port.	3
Neighbor Window Columns	Positive Integer Value Type	Number of columns of the neighborhood search window. This is an advanced port.	3
Prune Factor	Real Value Type	A multiple of the quantity of stock to be allocated, used to size the vector where cells are ranked for the subsequent draw. This is an advanced port.	10

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
Modified Continuous Landscape	Map Type	Map of remaining stocks.
Modified Probabilities	Map Type	Map of depleted spatial probabilities.
Remaining Quota	Real Value Type	Quota that could not be accumulated.

Group

Simulation

Notes

This functor works like Patcher, but accumulates a continuous quantity of stock into new patches, up to Quota, instead of transitioning a discrete number of cells.

Patch isometry is a number varying from 0 to 2. Patches assume a more isometric form as this number increases.

Internal Name

PatcherContinuousState