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A parameter is a measurable characteristic that is used to define a system. The range of possible values that a parameter can assume is referred to as parameter space. The number of dimensions of the parameter space is equal to the number of parameters that is allowed to vary. Exploration of the parameter space is the act of choosing various sets of parameter values within the space and determining the resultant output of the system. Neuronal parameter space exploration is the investigation of the parameter space for a model of a single neuron or neuronal network.
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Neuron Model Hand-Tuning and Optimization Techniques
A common interest among neuroscientists is to determine the underlying parameters of a particular biological neuron from experimental data, such as a recorded voltage trace. A neuroscientist might approach this problem by using a neuron model, for which...
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Soofi, W. (2014). Neuronal Parameter Space Exploration. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_173-1
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