Ei network tutorial

tests/lava/tutorials/test_tutorials.py

@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ def test_end_to_end_01_mnist(self):
             e2e_tutorial=True
         )
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(system_name != "linux", "Tests work on linux")
+    def test_end_to_end_02_ei_network(self):
+        """Test tutorial end to end 02 E/I network."""
+        self._run_notebook(
+            "tutorial02_excitatory_inhibitory_network.ipynb",
+            e2e_tutorial=True
+        )
+
     @unittest.skip("Tutorial is text only and does not contain code")
     def test_in_depth_01_install_lava(self):
         """Test tutorial in depth install lava."""

tutorials/end_to_end/convert_params.py

@@ -0,0 +1,331 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2021-22 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# See: https://spdx.org/licenses/
+import numpy as np
+import warnings
+from scipy.optimize import fsolve
+from scipy.special import zetac
+from scipy.special import erf
+
+
+# Define auxiliary functions for weight conversion.
+def _mean_input(num_neurons_exc, gamma, g_factor, weight, rate, bias):
+    '''
+    Calculate mean input to single neuron given mean excitatory weight.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    num_neurons_exc : int
+        Number of excitatory neurons
+    gamma : float
+        Ratio of inhibitory and excitatory neurons
+    g_factor : float
+        Factor controlling inhibition-excitation balance
+    weight : float
+        Mean excitatory weight
+    rate : float
+        Mean rate of neurons in network
+    bias : float
+        Bias provided to neurons
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    mean_inp : float
+        Mean input received by each neuron
+    '''
+    mean_inp = num_neurons_exc * (1 - gamma * g_factor) * weight * rate + bias
+
+    return mean_inp
+
+def _std_input(num_neurons_exc, gamma, g_factor, weight, rate):
+    '''
+    Calculate mean input to single neuron given mean excitatory weight.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    num_neurons_exc : int
+        Number of excitatory neurons
+    gamma : float
+        Ratio of inhibitory and excitatory neurons
+    g_factor : float
+        Factor controlling inhibition-excitation balance
+    weight : float
+        Mean excitatory weight
+    rate : float
+        Mean rate of neurons in network
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    mean_inp : float
+        Mean input received by each neuron
+    '''
+    return num_neurons_exc * (1 + gamma * g_factor**2) * weight ** 2 * rate
+
+def _y_th(vth, mean, std, dv_exc, du_exc):
+    '''
+    Effective threshold, see Grytskyy et al. 2013.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    vth : float
+        Threshold of LIF neuron
+    mean : float
+        Mean input of neuron
+    std : float
+        Standard deviation of input
+    dv_exc : float
+        Integration constant of voltage variable
+    du_exc : float
+        Integration constant of current variable
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    yth : float
+        Effective threshold of neuron in network
+    '''
+    y_th = (vth - mean) / std
+    y_th += np.sqrt(2) * np.abs(zetac(0.5)) * np.sqrt(dv_exc / du_exc) / 2
+
+    return y_th
+
+def _y_r(mean, std, dv_exc, du_exc):
+    '''
+    Effective reset, see Grytskyy et al. 2013.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    vth : float
+        Threshold of LIF neuron
+    mean : float
+        Mean input of neuron
+    std : float
+        Standard deviation of input
+    dv_exc : float
+        Integration constant of voltage variable
+    du_exc : float
+        Integration constant of current variable
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    yr : float
+        Effective reset of neuron in network
+    '''
+    y_r = (- 1 * mean) / std
+    y_r += np.sqrt(2) * np.abs(zetac(0.5)) * np.sqrt(dv_exc / du_exc) / 2
+
+    return y_r
+
+def f(y):
+    '''
+    Derivative of transfer function of LIF neuron at given argument.
+    '''
+    return np.exp(y ** 2) * (1 + erf(y))
+
+def _alpha(vth, mean, std, dv_exc, du_exc):
+    '''
+    Auxiliary variable describing contribution of weights for weight
+    mapping given network state, see Grytskyy et al. 2013.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    vth : float
+        Threshold of LIF neuron
+    mean : float
+        Mean input of neuron
+    std : float
+        Standard deviation of input
+    dv_exc : float
+        Integration constant of voltage variable
+    du_exc : float
+        Integration constant of current variable
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    val : float
+        Contribution of weight
+    '''
+    val = np.sqrt(np.pi) * (mean * dv_exc * 0.01) ** 2
+    val *= 1 / std
+    val *= (f(_y_th(vth, mean, std, dv_exc, du_exc))
+            - f(_y_r(mean, std, dv_exc, du_exc)))
+
+    return val
+
+def _beta(vth, mean, std, dv_exc, du_exc):
+    '''
+    Auxiliary variable describing contribution of square of weights for
+    weight mapping given network state, see Grytskyy et al. 2013.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    vth : float
+        Threshold of LIF neuron
+    mean : float
+        Mean input of neuron
+    std : float
+        Standard deviation of input
+    dv_exc : float
+        Integration constant of voltage variable
+    du_exc : float
+        Integration constant of current variable
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    val : float
+        Contribution of square of weights
+    '''
+    val = np.sqrt(np.pi) * (mean * dv_exc * 0.01) ** 2
+    val *= 1/(2 * std ** 2)
+    val *= (f(_y_th(vth, mean, std, dv_exc, du_exc)) * (vth - mean) / std
+            - f(_y_r(mean, std, dv_exc, du_exc)) * (-1 * mean) / std)
+
+    return val
+
+def convert_rate_to_lif_params(shape_exc, dr_exc, bias_exc, shape_inh, dr_inh,
+                              bias_inh, g_factor, q_factor, weights, **kwargs):
+    '''Convert rate parameters to LIF parameters.
+    The mapping is based on A unified view on weakly correlated recurrent
+    network, Grytskyy et al. 2013.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    shape_exc : int
+        Number of excitatory neurons in rate network
+    dr_exc : float
+        Integration constant for excitatory neurons in rate network
+    bias_exc : float
+        Bias for excitatory neurons in rate network
+    shape_inh : int
+        Number of inhibitory neurons in rate network
+    dr_inh : float
+        Integration constant for inhibitory neurons in rate network
+    bias_inh : float
+        Bias for inhibitory neurons in rate network
+    g_factor : float
+        Factor controlling inhibition-excitation balance
+    q_factor : float
+        Factor controlling response properties of rate network
+    weights : np.ndarray
+        Recurrent weights of rate network
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    lif_network_dict : dict
+        Parameter dictionary for LIF network
+    '''
+    # Copy weight parameters.
+    weights_local = weights.copy()
+
+    num_neurons_exc = shape_exc
+    num_neurons_inh = shape_inh
+
+    # Ratio of excitatory to inhibitory neurons.
+    gamma = float(num_neurons_exc) / float(num_neurons_inh)
+
+    # Assert that network is balanced.
+    assert gamma * g_factor > 1, "Network not balanced, increase g_factor"
+
+    # Set timescales of neurons.
+    dv_exc = 1 * dr_exc  # Dynamics of membrane potential as fast as rate.
+    du_exc = 7 * dr_exc  # Dynamics of current 7 times as fast as rate.
+
+    dv_inh = 1 * dr_inh  # Dynamics of membrane potential as fast as rate.
+    du_inh = 7 * dr_inh  # Dynamics of current 7 times as fast as rate.
+
+    # Set threshold to default value.
+    vth_exc = 1
+    vth_inh = 1
+
+    # Set biases.
+    # First  calculate relative biases for rate model.
+    if bias_exc >= bias_inh:
+        rel_exc_inh_bias = bias_exc / bias_inh
+        rel_inh_exc_bias = 1
+    else:
+        rel_inh_exc_bias = bias_inh / bias_exc
+        rel_exc_inh_bias = 1
+
+    # We then determine the the bias for the LIF network.
+    # We have to be careful not the reduce the bias since a too small bias
+    # results in inactivity.
+    bias_exc = 5 * vth_exc * dv_exc * rel_exc_inh_bias
+    bias_inh = 5 * vth_inh * dv_inh * rel_inh_exc_bias
+
+    # Get the mean excitatory weight.
+    exc_weights = weights_local[:, :num_neurons_exc]
+    mean_exc_weight = np.mean(exc_weights)
+
+    # Perform weight conversion.
+
+    # First determine approximately stationary firing rate in inhibition
+    # dominated regime.
+    # See Dynamic of Sparsely Connected Networks of Excitatory and
+    # Inhibitory Spiking Neurons, Brunel, 2000.
+    # We simplify the calculation by working with average acitivites.
+    bias = (bias_exc / dv_exc + bias_inh / dv_inh) / 2
+    rate = (bias - vth_exc) / (gamma * g_factor - 1)
+
+    # Function describing mapping of rate to LIF weights problem about
+    # finding a zero.
+    def func(weight):
+        '''
+        Adapted from Grytskyy et al..
+        '''
+        mean_inp = _mean_input(num_neurons_exc, gamma,
+                               g_factor, weight, rate, bias)
+        std_inp = _std_input(num_neurons_exc, gamma,
+                            g_factor, weight, rate)
+        alpha = _alpha(vth_exc, mean_inp, std_inp, dv_exc, du_inh)
+        beta = _beta(vth_exc, mean_inp, std_inp, dv_exc, du_inh)
+
+        return mean_exc_weight - alpha * weight - beta * weight**2
+
+    # Solve for weights of LIF network retaining correlation structure of
+    # rate network.
+    with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', '', RuntimeWarning)
+        try:
+            mean_exc_weight_new = fsolve(func, mean_exc_weight)[0]
+            # Determine weight scaling factor
+            weight_scale = mean_exc_weight_new / mean_exc_weight
+        except Warning:
+            # Theory breaks done, most likely due to strong correlations
+            # induced by strong weights. Choose 1 as scaling factor.
+            weight_scale = 1
+
+    # Scale weights.
+    if weight_scale > 0:
+        weights_local *= weight_scale
+    else:
+        print('Weigh scaling factor not positive: No weight scaling possible')
+
+    # Scale weights with integration time step.
+    weights_local[:, :num_neurons_exc] *= du_exc
+    weights_local[:, num_neurons_exc:] *= du_inh
+
+    # Single neuron paramters.
+    # Bias_mant is set to make the neuron spike.
+    lif_params_exc = {
+        "shape_exc": num_neurons_exc,
+        "vth_exc": vth_exc,
+        "du_exc": du_exc,
+        "dv_exc": dv_exc,
+        "bias_mant_exc": bias_exc}
+
+    lif_params_inh = {
+        "shape_inh": num_neurons_inh,
+        "vth_inh": vth_inh,
+        "du_inh": du_inh,
+        "dv_inh": dv_inh,
+        "bias_mant_inh": bias_inh}
+
+    # Parameters Paramters for E/I network/
+    network_params_lif = {}
+
+    network_params_lif.update(lif_params_exc)
+    network_params_lif.update(lif_params_inh)
+    network_params_lif['g_factor'] = g_factor
+    network_params_lif['q_factor'] = q_factor
+    network_params_lif['weights'] = weights_local
+
+    return network_params_lif