Phase V meta-issue

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Phase V

Partially complete Phase IV items (see #104)

• Optimize step data transmission #141

  • Remove value in front of label (see 2da1e4b)
  • Add agent name and abbreviation to JSON (see 2da1e4b)
  • Calculate and send storage capacities from /new_game #122

• Start at Zero (see 2da1e4b)

Other Phase V projects (in no particular order)

• Implement a wellness index #142 and update the Inhabitants status panel, showing:

  • The wellness index of the humans
  • How long theyhave gone without food/water

• Improve Greenhouse panels to show both soil usage % and growth %

  • https://github.com/kurkle/chartjs-chart-treemap
  • https://github.com/kurkle/chartjs-chart-matrix
  • See [simoc] meeting minutes: 2021 01/04b - TODOs

• Validation and Tracking (see also Implement "elemental validation" #128):

  • Elemental Validation: make sure inputs/output for each agent match at the element level
  • Elemental Tracking: track elements throughout the system
  • Nutrition Tracking: track food macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins) (see Macronutrients and calories tracking #161)
  • Calories Tracking: track calories and heat (see Track energy/heat/calories #153)

• Implement "elemental validation" #128

  • allow agents to have multiple separate inputs (or outputs) that exchange the same currency (e.g. get electricity from two sources)
  • as above but with different currencies (e.g. getting food from rations or harvested plants)
  • implement priorities for inputs/outputs
  • CO2 handling redesign #134

• Food/plants-related improvements

  • Biomass vs Food #111
  • Composting
  • Staggered planting and harvesting (also within the same cultivar -- e.g. harvest a row of tomatoes per week)

• Human-related improvements

  • Human breathing inputs/outputs in agent_desc.json #126
  • Human water/food consumption vs urine/solid waste production #112

• Partial step data calculation

  • Prediction-based (current, scientific);
  • Turn-based, mid-simulation mitigations (future, game-play)

• Entropy #160 and randomness

  • Incorporate the "entropy engine" for random fluctuations (already in the code?)
  • Make random agent activation optional #124

• Custom connections and connection graph

  • provide a GUI for users to connect agents/storages
  • show a static connection map
  • show a dynamic exchange map (ties into Elemental Validation)

• Separate ECLSS modules into components (Sean Gellenbeck)

• Add the Moon #143

  • Additional power generation (needed before we add the Moon)

• Infrastructure-related improvements

  • Publish documentation on github.io #140
  • Add a basic testing framework #129
  • Slim installation #138

See also [simoc] meeting minutes: 2021 09/15.