| 1 | | For more info see the NeuroTools trac http://neuralensemble.org/trac/NeuroTools |
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| | 2 | NeuroTools |
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| | 3 | ========== |
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| | 4 | |
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| | 5 | NeuroTools is not a neural simulator, but rather a collection of tools |
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| | 6 | to support all tasks associated with a neural simulation project which |
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| | 7 | are not handled by the simulation engine. NeuroTools is written in |
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| | 8 | Python, and works best with PyNN, or one of the growing list of |
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| | 9 | simulation engines with a Python front-end such as NEURON, NEST, |
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| | 10 | PCSIM, FACETS Neuromorphic VLSI, Brian, MOOSE/GENESIS, |
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| | 11 | Neurospaces/GENESIS. NeuroTools provides modules to facilitate |
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| | 12 | simulation setup, parameterization and instrumentation, and data |
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| | 13 | management, analysis and visualization. The data-related tools are |
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| | 14 | equally suited to analysis of experimental data, although that is not |
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| | 15 | the primary motivation for their development. |
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| | 17 | NeuroTools aims to: |
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| | 19 | 1. increase the productivity of individual modellers by automating, |
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| | 20 | simplifying, and establishing best-practices for common tasks, |
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| | 22 | 2. increase the productivity of the neuroscience modelling |
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| | 23 | community by reducing the amount of code duplication across |
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| | 24 | simulation communities, |
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| | 26 | 3. increase the reliability of data |
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| | 27 | analysis tools leveraging Linus's law: "given enough eyeballs, all |
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| | 28 | bugs are shallow." |
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| | 31 | |
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| | 32 | License |
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| | 33 | ======= |
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| | 34 | |
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| | 35 | NeuroTools is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under |
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| | 36 | the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html). |
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| | 37 | |
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| | 38 | The GNU General Public License does not permit this software to be |
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| | 39 | redistributed in proprietary programs. |
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| | 40 | |
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| | 41 | This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but |
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| | 42 | WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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| | 43 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
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| | 44 | |
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| | 45 | See source:trunk/LICENSE. |
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| | 47 | |
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| | 48 | Contributing to NeuroTools |
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| | 49 | ========================== |
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| | 51 | If you are interested in participating in NeuroTools development, please see |
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| | 52 | the webpage at http://neuralensemble.org/NeuroTools |
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| | 55 | |
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| | 56 | Installation |
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| | 57 | ============ |
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| | 58 | |
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| | 59 | For installation instructions, see source:trunk/INSTALL. |
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| | 63 | Documentation |
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| | 64 | ============= |
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| | 66 | |
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| | 67 | For documentation see source:trunk/doc |
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| | 68 | and |
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| | 69 | http://neuralensemble.org/trac/NeuroTools. |
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| | 71 | For examples see source:trunk/examples. |
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| | 72 | |
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| | 73 | For more information, see the NeuroTools trac http://neuralensemble.org/trac/NeuroTools. |
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| | 77 | Reporting Bugs |
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| | 78 | ============== |
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| | 80 | The NeuroTools project site is also a trac-based (http://trac.edgewall.org) bug management system. |
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| | 82 | Please report bugs by submitting a "New Ticket" at |
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| | 83 | http://neuralensemble.org/trac/NeuroTools |
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