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. 2017 Jun 28;11:40. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2017.00040

Table 1.

Relevant NEST application parameters.

Symbol Explanation
N Number of neurons in the overall network
NM Number of neurons per MPI rank
K Number of incoming connections per neuron
KS Scaling factor for the computation of K: K = KS · 11 250
M Number of (fake) MPI ranks
T Number of threads per MPI rank
F Mean spike frequency over simulation period
η Scaling factor for the random input which drives the network