Stochastic neural field theory and the system-size expansion

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1488-1521

  Bressloff, Paul C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Master equations; Neural field theory; Path integrals; Stochastic processes; System size expansion

Indexed keywords

MASTER EQUATIONS; NEURAL FIELD THEORIES; PATH INTEGRAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EXPANSION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 73949151166     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090756971     Document Type: Article

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