Description
Return verified-duration support within one selected developmental stage.
Developmental stages and lineages can be represented by labels, ordered events and observation intervals. Index and time differences preserve a declared representation but do not discover lineage, assign stage or establish biological equivalence.
Return verified-duration support within one selected developmental stage.
When to use this tool
Use Stage Support Time Share when checking an explicit stage, lineage or observation-coordinate convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter stageLabels, durations, verifiedStage, selectedStage. Keep parallel arrays aligned. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read stageDuration, supportedDuration, share, defined. Inspect defined before interpreting the associated values.
Return verified-duration support within one selected developmental stage. Require aligned nonnegative durations; sum selected-stage time and its verified subset, dividing only for positive stageDuration, otherwise zero with defined = false.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| stageLabels | Stage Labels | Required. Array of text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192; maximum items 256. |
| durations | Durations | Required. Array of finite number; minimum 0; maximum items 256. |
| verifiedStage | Verified Stage | Required. Array of boolean; maximum items 256. |
| selectedStage | Selected Stage | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| stageDuration | Stage Duration | Required. Finite number. |
| supportedDuration | Supported Duration | Required. Finite number. |
| share | Dimensionless ratio on the explicitly stated numerator and denominator basis. | Required. Finite number. |
| defined | Whether the stated denominator is nonzero; inspect this before using the associated ratio. | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"stageLabels": [
"A",
"A",
"B"
],
"durations": [
2,
3,
4
],
"verifiedStage": [
true,
false,
true
],
"selectedStage": "A"
},
"output": {
"stageDuration": 5,
"supportedDuration": 2,
"share": 0.4,
"defined": true
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Stage labels and verification flags are supplied; no biological stage is independently assigned.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Review the original biological evidence and its staging or lineage model before drawing mechanistic conclusions.
References
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