Data Structures

The LSNM simulator is contained in the python script sim.py. The data structure used to store the LSNM network, called modules, is a python dictionary containing the name of the module (a character string) and a description of the module (all parameters known about the specific module):

Key	Dictionary entry
Module name	Module description

Each entry in the modules dictionary is a python list of lists containing dimensions of the given module (matrix of units), type of module (clamp or Wilson-Cowan), equation parameters needed to solve equations and find current values of module units, and the content of each unit in the module (itself a python list):

Index 0	Index 1	index 2	index 3-7	index 8
X dimension	Y dimension	module type	equation parameters	content of units