class Species < ActiveRecord::Base set_primary_key :name create_table do string 'name' integer 'population' float 'diet_emission_intensity' string 'diet_emission_intensity_units' float 'weight' string 'weight_units' float 'marginal_dietary_requirement' string 'marginal_dietary_requirement_units' float 'fixed_dietary_requirement' string 'fixed_dietary_requirement_units' float 'minimum_weight' string 'minimum_weight_units' float 'maximum_weight' string 'maximum_weight_units' end 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 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 * marginal_dietary_requirement + fixed_dietary_requirement end def weighted_diet_size return unless _diet_size = diet_size and _population = population _diet_size * _population end def to_s name end def cat? eql? self.class[:cat] end end