The following experiment describes a spiking neural network for studying the output of a driven state machine, represented in the picture below with three states: A,B,C.
The state machine can be represented as a 3 x 3 matrix of transition probabilities, where the probability of transition p represents how unlikely it is for the machine to remain in the same state for two measurement periods. p is a positive number between 0 - 1.
With a driving symbol of 1 binary input (x) into the 3 state (A,B,C) when x = 0, p = 0 it walks A,C,B. If p is non-zero and positive it will randomly walk A,C, C, C, B, B, A, A, C ... where the number of times it occurs in the same state represented by no spikes on the 3 output channels (represented as the edges where x = 0 or 1).
The function that implements the driven state machine is called phase_automata() and its source code can be found here.
phase_automata(driving_symbol='0', # Corresponds to x = 0, x = 1
number_of_symbols=3, # All of these experiments use 3 states for A,B,C. The function is flexible and allows for different numbers.
id_of_starting_symbol=0, # All of these experiments start from state A, that means x = 0 produces A,C,B,A while x = 1 produces A,B,C,A. The starting symbol is not changed with the driving symbol.
timesteps=9, # The resulting matrix will contain the pattern for 9 timesteps. This is only of consequence when probability of transition = True
probability_of_transition=False #Causes p to be non-zero and positive, since it uses a random number, causes non-deterministic behaviror for simulation.)
The output of phase_automata() is a matrix number_of_symbols x timesteps, where 1 represents a spike and a non-spike is represented by a 0. It can also be rewritten for 1 to represent a spike and a -1 for non-spike.
Then it is fed into the Nengo neuron simulation using the Nengo function PresentInput().
When x = 0 it randomly walks A,C,B.
When x = 1 it randomly walks A,B,C.
When the three pulse channels are used as inputs into a LIF neuron, the neuron produces events.
The spike events are shown in blue on the left and the subthreshold neuron voltage on the right in red.
- 2 Neurons 2 Neurons in an ensemble, used to produce plots of 2 neurons
- 2 Layer network 2 Layers connected feedforward
- 3 Layer network 3 Layers connected feedforward. 12 neurons total.