Model Initialization

You can download the XML specifications for this model here:

5KB

single_SAC.zip

archive

Following library imports as was described earlier in the preliminaries, a model is initiated using:

simulation_parameters = SimulationParameters(
    "simulation_parameters/single_SAC_meta.xml",
    note = 'single_SAC')

RSME is therefore initialized with a path to the meta-parameters XML file and a note. The note is used to identify the model and generate a log with an identifiable name. For example, when executed, RSME will create a new subfolder (withing Results) named: "RSME_19_15_05-07_10_2021_single_SAC_9031769193263726". The name includes the date, time, note, and a unique identifier (randomly generated) for your simulation results.

Use the model specification to initiate a new simulation:

simulation = Simulation(simulation_parameters)

When a specific configuration runs for the first time, RSME will create a new pickle file, containing illumination events for the specified model and visual stimulus. It might take it a while to create this file (depending on the model's morphological complexity), however, next time you run it, RSME will load the stimulation data from this final, dramatically improving runtime.

In this case the generated file is: possible_stimulation_trains_single_SAC_meta.xml_lightdt0.2.p