class Species < ActiveRecord::Base self.primary_key = "name" col :name col :population, :type => :integer col :diet_emission_intensity, :type => :float col :diet_emission_intensity_units col :weight, :type => :float col :weight_units col :marginal_dietary_requirement, :type => :float col :marginal_dietary_requirement_units col :fixed_dietary_requirement, :type => :float col :fixed_dietary_requirement_units col :minimum_weight, :type => :float col :minimum_weight_units col :maximum_weight, :type => :float col :maximum_weight_units has_many :breeds, :foreign_key => 'species_name' scope :thoroughly_researched, :conditions => 'marginal_dietary_requirement IS NOT NULL' falls_back_on :diet_emission_intensity => lambda { weighted_average :diet_emission_intensity, :weighted_by => :population }, # kg CO2 / joule :marginal_dietary_requirement => lambda { Species.marginal_dietary_requirement_fallback }, :fixed_dietary_requirement => 0, # force a zero intercept to be respectful of our tiny tiny animal friends :weight => lambda { weighted_average :weight, :weighted_by => :population } # kg class << self def [](name) find_by_name name.to_s end def marginal_dietary_requirement_fallback total_diet_size = thoroughly_researched.map(&:weighted_diet_size).sum.to_f total_population = thoroughly_researched.sum(:population) return 0.0 unless total_population > 0.0 average_weight = thoroughly_researched.weighted_average(:weight, :weighted_by => :population) return 0.0 unless average_weight > 0.0 (total_diet_size / total_population) / average_weight end end def diet_size return unless weight and marginal_dietary_requirement and fixed_dietary_requirement weight.to_f * marginal_dietary_requirement + fixed_dietary_requirement end def weighted_diet_size return unless _diet_size = diet_size and _population = population _diet_size.to_f * _population end def to_s name end def cat? eql? self.class[:cat] end end