Command: inhomogeneous_poisson_generator

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Name:
inhomogeneous_poisson_generator - provides Poisson spike trains
at a piecewise constant rate
Examples:
The rate can be altered in the following way:

/inhomogeneous_poisson_generator Create /sc Set
sc << /rate_times [0.2 0.5] /rate_values [2.0 4.0] >> SetStatus

The average firing rate of each realization of the Poisson process will be
0.0 in the time interval [0, 0.2), 2.0 in the interval [0.2, 0.5)
and 4.0 from then on.
Description:
The inhomogeneous Poisson generator provides Poisson spike trains at a
piecewise constant rate to the connected node(s). The rate of the process
is changed at the specified times. The unit of the instantaneous rate
is spikes/s. By default, each target of the generator will receive
a different spike train.
Parameters:
The following parameters can be set in the status dictionary:

\verbatim embed:rst
==================== ================ =========================================
rate_times list of ms Times at which rate changes
rate_values list of spikes/s Rate of Poisson spike train
allow_offgrid_times boolean If false, spike times will be rounded to
the nearest step if they are less than
tic/2 from the step, otherwise NEST
reports an error.
If true, spike times are rounded to the
nearest step if within tic/2 from the
step,otherwise they are rounded up to the
*end* of the step. Default: false
==================== ================ =========================================
\endverbatim
Receives:
DataLoggingRequest
Sends:
SpikeEvent
Authors:
Renato Duarte, Barna Zajzon
SeeAlso:
Source:
/var/www/debian/nest/nest-simulator-2.18.0/models/inhomogeneous_poisson_generator.h
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