Comp Neurosci – Stat Mech – Alianna J. Maren

Brain Networks and the Cluster Variation Method: Testing a Scale-Free Model

October 30, 2016 AJMaren Comments 0 Comment

Surprising Result Modeling a Simple Scale-Free Brain Network Using the Cluster Variation Method One of the primary research thrusts that I suggested in my recent paper, The Cluster Variation Method: A Primer for Neuroscientists, was that we could use the 2-D Cluster Variation Method (CVM) to model distribution of configuration variables in different brain network topologies. Specifically, I was expecting that the h-value (which measures the interaction enthalpy strength between nodes in a 2-D CVM grid) would change in a…

The Cluster Variation Method: A Primer for Neuroscientists

October 17, 2016 AJMaren Comments 1 comment

Single-Parameter Analytic Solution for Modeling Local Pattern Distributions The cluster variation method (CVM) offers a means for the characterization of both 1-D and 2-D local pattern distributions. The paper referenced at the end of this post provides neuroscientists and BCI researchers with a CVM tutorial that will help them to understand how the CVM statistical thermodynamics formulation can model 1-D and 2-D pattern distributions expressing structural and functional dynamics in the brain. The equilibrium distribution of local patterns, or configuration…

Statistical Mechanics – Neural Ensembles

October 19, 2014 AJMaren Comments 0 Comment

Statistical Mechanics and Equilibrium Properties – Small Neural Ensembles Statistical Mechanics of Small Neural Ensembles – Commentary on Tkačik et al. In a series of related articles, Gašper Tkačik et al. (see references below) investigated small (10-120) groups of neurons in the salamander retina, with the purpose of estimating entropy and other statistical mechanics properties. They provide the following interesting results: Simple scheme for entropy estimation in undersampled region (1), given that only a small fraction of possible states can…

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