Simulating leaky integrate-and-fire neuron with integers

DOI10.1016/J.MATCOM.2018.11.021MaRDI QIDQ1997516zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Alexander Vidybida

Publication date 2 March 2021

Published in Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.06603

zbMATH Keywords

simulationsfloating point calculationsleaky integrate and fire neuron

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Neural biology (92C20)

Abstract: The leaky integrate and fire (LIF) neuron represents standard neuronal model used for numerical simulations. The leakage is implemented in the model as exponential decay of trans-membrane voltage towards its resting value. This makes inevitable the usage of machine floating point numbers in the course of simulation. It is known that machine floating point arithmetic is subjected to small inaccuracies, which prevent from exact comparison of floating point quantities. In particular, it is incorrect to decide whether two separate in time states of a simulated system composed of LIF neurons are exactly identical. However, decision of this type is necessary, e.g. to figure periodic dynamical regimes in a reverberating network. Here we offer a simulation paradigm of a LIF neuron, in which neuronal states are described by whole numbers. Within this paradigm, the LIF neuron behaves exactly the same way as does the standard floating point simulated LIF, although exact comparison of states becomes correctly defined.

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