PoissonStimulator.h

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/* 
* Copyright 2014-2018 Friedemann Zenke
*
* This file is part of Auryn, a simulation package for plastic
* spiking neural networks.
* 
* Auryn 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 3 of the License, or
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* 
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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* 
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with Auryn.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* If you are using Auryn or parts of it for your work please cite:
* Zenke, F. and Gerstner, W., 2014. Limits to high-speed simulations 
* of spiking neural networks using general-purpose computers. 
* Front Neuroinform 8, 76. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2014.00076
*/

#ifndef POISSONSTIMULATOR_H_
#define POISSONSTIMULATOR_H_

#include "auryn_definitions.h"
#include "AurynVector.h"
#include "System.h"
#include "Logger.h"
#include "Device.h"
#include "NeuronGroup.h"

#include <boost/random/mersenne_twister.hpp>
#include <boost/random/variate_generator.hpp>
#include <boost/random/poisson_distribution.hpp>

namespace auryn {

class PoissonStimulator : protected Device
{
private:

        static boost::mt19937 gen; 
        boost::poisson_distribution<int> * dist;
        boost::variate_generator<boost::mt19937&, boost::poisson_distribution<int> > * die;


        AurynState * currents;

        AurynState * newcurrents;

        auryn_vector_float * target_vector;

        AurynFloat poisson_rate;

        AurynFloat poisson_weight;

        void init(NeuronGroup * target, AurynFloat rate, AurynWeight w );

        void free();

        AurynFloat get_lambda();

protected:

        NeuronGroup * dst;

        
public:
        PoissonStimulator(NeuronGroup * target, AurynFloat rate=100.0, AurynWeight w = 0.1 );

        virtual ~PoissonStimulator();


        void set_rate(AurynFloat rate);

        AurynFloat get_rate();

        void seed(int s);


        void set_target_state( string state_name = "mem" );

        void execute();

};

}

#endif /*POISSONSTIMULATOR_H_*/