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Fix 101 Documentation of current filtering in iaf_psc_exp #276

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This PR improves the documentation of the option for synaptic filtering of external current, available in iaf_psc_exp. This addresses #101 .

@heplesser, could you take a look at this?

@jschuecker jschuecker changed the title Fix 101 Review current input and its documentation in iaf_psc_exp Fix 101 Documentation of current filtering in iaf_psc_exp Mar 13, 2016
the synapse. Hereby the time constant of the post-synaptic
excitatory currents is used. This filtering can be used for a
direct implementation of the diffusion approximation, i.e.,
replacing incoming spike trains with white noise.
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@jschuecker Thanks for the more detailed explanation. I would be yet more explicit, e.g.

"iaf_psc_exp can handle current input in two ways: Current input through receptor_type 0 are handled as stepwise constant current input as in other iaf models, i.e., this current directly enters the membrane potential equation. Current input through receptor_type 1, in contrast, is filtered through an exponential kernel with the time constant of the excitatory synapse, tau_syn_ex. For an example application, see [4; reference to paper inserted below]."

I am a bit concerned about the statement that this provides a "direct implementation ... with white noise". Since the noise generator generates stepwise constant input, the input is never really white noise, see doc/model_details/noise_generator.ipynb.

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@heplesser, I meant "direct" in the sense of a "straight forward" implementation. But you are right, that was not clear and could be misleading. I also included the reference. Thanks!

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Fix 101 Documentation of current filtering in iaf_psc_exp
@heplesser heplesser merged commit e1dd8a8 into nest:master Mar 18, 2016
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👍 and merging.

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