NEUR30002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Emergence
11 Aug 2018
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* computer simulation is a widely used tool for understanding neural mechanisms. * any description of a process is a model of that process. * a model can be verbal a description which does not specify a quantitative relationship between the elements of the model and therefore would lack strength and power. But, a verbal model can be falsified and hence can be useful. * mathe(cid:373)ati(cid:272)al (cid:373)odels are the (cid:373)odels used i(cid:374) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e to tr(cid:455) a(cid:374)d des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e (cid:449)hat"s o(cid:272)(cid:272)urring in a quantitative fashion. If there is a difference between your model and reality as you do your measurements, then the model is wrong. * in mathematical models, relationships between elements are determined quantitatively can be realistic (the physics of the individual elements and the maths that describe the individual elements are 100% accurate) or abstracted. * a(cid:374)y (cid:373)odel that you put forward has to (cid:373)ake testa(cid:271)le predi(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out the syste(cid:373) that"s (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g modelled.
