PoissonSurprise

Returns Poisson Surprise - the probability that k or more spikes occur randomly in a period of length time

Syntax

PoissonSurprise(k, freq, time)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

k

number

Number of spikes

freq

number

Firing rate (spikes per second)

time

number

Time period duration

Return

Returns Poisson Surprise - the probability that k or more spikes occur randomly in a period of length time

Examples

Python

import nex
k = 3
freq = 10
time = 2
surprise = nex.PoissonSurprise(k, freq, time)