Setup the Habitat Interface for Egg Laying and Emergence

Set up a part of the xds object that defines the interface for egg laying

Usage

setup_ML_interface(xds_obj, membership)

Arguments

xds_obj: an xds object
membership: is the habitat membership vector

Value

an xds object

Details

This implements a model for egg laying described by Wu SL, et al., (2023).

Modular computation in ramp.xds requires a rigid interface to guarantee mathematical consistency for egg laying and emergence. The interface is defined by an object called ML_interface that is attached to the xds object xds_obj as xds_obj$ML_interface. The interface includes

a habitat membership matrix, $N$ made by make_habitat_matrix
the habitat search weights
a quantity that is motivated by mosquito searching for resources, called habitat availability $Q$, computed by F_Q;
the availability of ovitraps
the availability of unsuitable habitats
the availability of anything that attracts egg laying mosquitoes, including ovitraps and unsuitable habitats
the egg distribution matrix $O$, made by make_O_matrix
a vector that stores eggs laid

This function is called by compute_xds_object_template to set up ML_interface and the variables and parameters with all the variables it might depend on.

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