Late Laying Discards Percent Rule Checker
Audit observed late-laying share against supplied time/fraction policy without inventing within-bin allocation, discarding eggs or certifying viability.
Description
Late-laying share needs a stated time boundary.
Late-laying share needs a stated time boundary. A bin straddling that boundary has no observable early/late allocation.
Audit observed late-laying share against supplied time/fraction policy without inventing within-bin allocation, discarding eggs or certifying viability.
When to use Late Laying Discards Percent Rule Checker
Use this tool to audit observed late-laying share against supplied time/fraction policy without inventing within-bin allocation, discarding eggs or certifying viability.
Prepare cocoon, larval, leaf or reeling measurements on a consistent batch and moisture basis. Use the declared mass, length and time units.
How to use Late Laying Discards Percent Rule Checker and understand its results
- Prepare cocoon, larval, leaf or reeling measurements on a consistent batch and moisture basis. Use the declared mass, length and time units.
- Enter intervalStartHours, intervalEndHours, eggCountsByInterval, callerLateLayingStartHour, callerMaximumLateFraction using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
- Read lateEggCount, lateOvipositionPercent, aboveCallerLateFraction. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
- If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.
| Input field | Meaning | Value type; see rules below | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| intervalStartHours | Interval start hours | list of number | Required |
| intervalEndHours | Interval end hours | list of number | Required |
| eggCountsByInterval | Egg counts by interval | list of number | Required |
| callerLateLayingStartHour | Caller late laying start hour | number | Required |
| callerMaximumLateFraction | Caller maximum late fraction | number | Required |
Use ordered nonoverlapping positive-duration bins with nonnegative integer eggs and no bin straddling the cutoff. Require positive total; compare the late fraction strictly above the caller maximum.1
Paired lists must be nonempty and have equal lengths.
late percent = 100 × counts in bins starting at or after cutoff/observed total Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.
| Output field | Meaning | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| lateEggCount | Late egg count | number |
| lateOvipositionPercent | Late oviposition percent | number |
| aboveCallerLateFraction | Above caller late fraction | boolean |
{
"input": {
"intervalStartHours": [
0,
12,
24
],
"intervalEndHours": [
12,
24,
36
],
"eggCountsByInterval": [
100,
200,
100
],
"callerLateLayingStartHour": 24,
"callerMaximumLateFraction": 0.2
},
"output": {
"lateEggCount": 100,
"lateOvipositionPercent": 25,
"aboveCallerLateFraction": true
}
}Limitations and assumptions
The audit does not discard eggs or certify their viability.
Numbers and computed results must be finite; overflow produces an error. Numeric lists are limited to 100,000 entries; the rules above may require smaller limits. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors. A successfully returned false flag is an evaluated outcome; its meaning is explained above.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use Oviposition First 24H Percent: Calculate observed first-24-hour oviposition share from nonoverlapping bins beginning at laying onset with an exact 24-hour boundary; later unobserved laying remains outside the denominator. For a complementary task, use Eggs Per Moth Count Average: Summarize measured individual silkmoth egg counts including sample variability and caller low-fecundity count; unlike cohort egg-production forecasts, this audits observed mothers.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Oviposition First 24H Percent
Calculate observed first-24-hour oviposition share from nonoverlapping bins beginning at laying onset with an exact 24-hour boundary; later unobserved laying remains outside the denominator.
- Eggs Per Moth Count Average
Summarize measured individual silkmoth egg counts including sample variability and caller low-fecundity count; unlike cohort egg-production forecasts, this audits observed mothers.