====== 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 =====

[[Functor List#Simulation | 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