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A domain specific language for neuron and synapse models in spiking neural network simulation
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NESTML: The NEST Modelling Language

NESTML is a domain-specific language that supports the specification of neuron models in a precise and concise syntax, based on the syntax of Python. Model equations can either be given as a simple string of mathematical notation or as an algorithm written in the built-in procedural language. The equations are analyzed by the associated toolchain, written in Python, to compute an exact solution if possible or use an appropriate numeric solver otherwise.

Documentation

Full documentation can be found at:

https://nestml.readthedocs.io/

Directory structure

models - Example neuron models in NESTML format.

pynestml - The source code of the PyNESTML toolchain.

tests - A collection of tests for testing of the toolchain's behavior.

doc - The documentation of the modeling language NESTML as well as processing toolchain PyNESTML.

extras - Miscellaneous development tools, editor syntax highlighting rules, etc.

License

Copyright (C) 2017 The NEST Initiative

NESTML is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

NESTML is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with NESTML. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Acknowledgements

This software was initially supported by the JARA-HPC Seed Fund NESTML - A modeling language for spiking neuron and synapse models for NEST and the Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association and the Helmholtz Portfolio Theme Simulation and Modeling for the Human Brain.

This software was developed in part or in whole in the Human Brain Project, funded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under Specific Grant Agreements No. 720270, No. 785907 and No. 945539 (Human Brain Project SGA1, SGA2 and SGA3).