Description
Supplied timing ledger under explicit delay-credit flags without issuing equipment commands.
Precision-agriculture measurements combine spatial cells, sensor clocks, travel speeds, band signals, and application records. A correction or weighted share is meaningful only when coordinate frames, units, timestamps, and coverage bases agree. Supplied calibration and support flags remain distinct from measurements that establish them.
Supplied timing ledger under explicit delay-credit flags without issuing equipment commands.
When to use this tool
Use Section Control Open Close Credit when you have the stated field, sensor, map, or application records and need this correction or geometric/accounting component.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter commandedDuration, openingDelay, closingOverrun, openingCredited, closingCredited. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read effectiveDuration, netCorrection. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative commandedDuration, openingDelay within commandedDuration, and nonnegative closingOverrun. Subtract openingDelay only if openingCredited and add closingOverrun only if closingCredited; return effectiveDuration and the signed netCorrection.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| commandedDuration | Commanded Duration | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| openingDelay | Opening Delay | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| closingOverrun | Closing Overrun | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| openingCredited | Opening Credited | Required. Boolean. |
| closingCredited | Closing Credited | Required. Boolean. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| effectiveDuration | Effective Duration | Required. Finite number. |
| netCorrection | Net Correction | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"commandedDuration": 10,
"openingDelay": 2,
"closingOverrun": 1,
"openingCredited": true,
"closingCredited": true
},
"output": {
"effectiveDuration": 9,
"netCorrection": -1
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- All durations need one time unit. The flags choose accounting credits rather than verifying valve behavior, deposited material, or an equipment control policy.
- 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. Signed zero is exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Verify the measurement calibration, coordinate frame, spatial support, and clock convention before combining this term into a map or control workflow. Use a complete equipment or field model when geometric and operating constraints matter.
References
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