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NeuroTools |
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NeuroTools is not a neural simulator, but rather a collection of tools |
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to support all tasks associated with a neural simulation project which |
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are not handled by the simulation engine. NeuroTools is written in |
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Python, and works best with PyNN, or one of the growing list of |
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simulation engines with a Python front-end such as NEURON, NEST, |
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PCSIM, FACETS Neuromorphic VLSI, Brian, MOOSE/GENESIS, |
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Neurospaces/GENESIS. NeuroTools provides modules to facilitate |
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simulation setup, parameterization and instrumentation, and data |
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management, analysis and visualization. The data-related tools are |
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equally suited to analysis of experimental data, although that is not |
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the primary motivation for their development. |
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NeuroTools aims to: |
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1. increase the productivity of individual modellers by automating, |
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simplifying, and establishing best-practices for common tasks, |
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2. increase the productivity of the neuroscience modelling |
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community by reducing the amount of code duplication across |
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simulation communities, |
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3. increase the reliability of data |
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analysis tools leveraging Linus's law: "given enough eyeballs, all |
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bugs are shallow." |
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License |
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Copyright (C) 2008 Daniel Bruederle, Andrew Davison, Jens Kremkow |
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Laurent Perrinet, Michael Schmuker, Eilif Muller, Eric Mueller, Pierre Yger |
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NeuroTools is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
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(at your option) any later version. |
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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GNU General Public License for more details. |
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along |
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with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., |
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51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. |
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The GNU General Public License does not permit this software to be |
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redistributed in proprietary programs. |
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See source:trunk/LICENSE. |
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Contributing to NeuroTools |
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If you are interested in participating in NeuroTools development, please see |
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the webpage at http://neuralensemble.org/NeuroTools |
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Installation |
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For installation instructions, see source:trunk/INSTALL. |
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Documentation |
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For documentation see source:trunk/doc |
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and |
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http://neuralensemble.org/trac/NeuroTools. |
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For examples see source:trunk/examples. |
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For more information, see the NeuroTools trac http://neuralensemble.org/trac/NeuroTools. |
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Reporting Bugs |
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The NeuroTools project site is also a trac-based (http://trac.edgewall.org) bug management system. |
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Please report bugs by submitting a "New Ticket" at |
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http://neuralensemble.org/trac/NeuroTools |
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