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The Meddis computational model of auditory nerve fibre activity [9, 10] is widely used as a research tool in the study of auditory processing. The model is governed by a set of control parameters that allows it to simulate responses derived from physiological observations. In this paper, we describe a novel method for automatically determining the parameters required to simulate a range of rate-intensity responses from auditory nerve fibres using this model. A genetic algorithm [4] is employed to explore possible parameter combinations and to determine a ‘best fit’ solution. Two sets of experiments used to demonstrate the flexibility of the technique are described. Some possible wider applications of the technique are discussed.
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Wong, C.P., Pont, M.J. (1998). Automated Parameter Selection for a Computer Simulation of Auditory Nerve Fibre Activity using Genetic Algorithms. In: Artificial Neural Nets and Genetic Algorithms. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6492-1_21
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