PCSIM: A parallel simulation environment for neural circuits fully integrated with Python

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2009, Pages

  Pecevski, Dejan ^a   Natschläger, Thomas ^b   Schuch, Klaus ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b SOFTWARE COMPETENCE CENTER HAGENBERG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boost.python; Neural simulator; Parallel simulation; PCSIM; Python; Spiking neurons

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954383001     PISSN: 16625196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.11.011.2009     Document Type: Article

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