Hi Lowel,
"Dr. Lowel P. O'Mard" <lowel.omard@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi Etienne and Everybody,
>
> Just to remind everybody that the Development System for Auditory Modelling
> (DSAM) RunDSAMSim application also provides a Python interface, and allows
> complete access to all of the models available in DSAM. No doubt
> "Cochlea*" is a worthy competitor to the DSAM RunDSAMSim application, as it
> seems to have similar functionality. The RunDSAMSim python interface links
> directly to the C/C++ DSAM library.
Thank you for reminding about DSAM. It's a very reach library of
auditory models. I used to work with it and you can probably still find
some DSAM components in the old commits. In my opinion, those two
libraries complement each other, rather than compete, because of the
following reasons:
1. DSAM and *cochlea* implement different models. Perhaps, at the
moment there is not even a single intersection.
DSAM includes:
- Zilany and Bruce (2006, 2007)
- Meddis et al. (2001)
- Patterson et al. (2001)
*cochlea* includes:
- Zilany et al. (2009, 2014)
- Holmberg (2007)
- Meddis (MAP, externally)
2. DSAM models have higher granularity, which makes it easier to tweak
them. Models in *cochlea* are integrated in a single unit and are
easier to use on the higher level: sound in, spikes out.
3. DSAM implements higher stages of auditory processing (McGregor
model). *cochlea* does not implement any neurons. So far, we used
Brian and NEURON simulators for this purpose.
I have included DSAM and other implementations of inner ear models in a
small list on the website [1]. If you have a reference to any other
implemented model, please let me know and I'll be happy to include it.
Best regards
Marek Rudnicki
[1] https://github.com/mrkrd/cochlea#other-implementations
> DSAM provides a flexible environment for both novice and advanced users to
> run auditory models on all platforms (Windows ™, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mac OS,
> etc.). It provides immediate access to auditory models such as the Zilany
> and Bruce (2006, 2007), Meddis et al. (2001) auditory nerve models and the
> Auditory Image Model (AIM) by Patterson et al. (2001). In all it provides
> seven different published auditory nerve models using both linear and
> non-linear basilar membrane frequency selectivity, including the DRNL and
> Gamma-Chirp models. It also provides several neural cell models including
> an ultra-fast implementation of the Hudgkin-Huxley neural cell which
> operates at 80% the speed of a simple point neuron model (the McGregor
> Model). Other auditory models, analysis functions, threaded processing and
> sound file support are also provided. A 320 page manual is available for
> DSAM that provides detailed information on how simulations can be created
> and controlled.
> In 2012 DSAM joined the ever growing band of scientists who are turning to
> Python as their analysis and visualisation programming language. Because
> the standard Python “ctypes” foreign function library is used to create the
> interface DSAM can be run on any platform for which Python is available.
> Self-installing packages (Windows[tm], Ubuntu and Fedora) for RunDSAMSim ,
> SAMS , the DSAM_SDK and other source archives are available from the
> “Downloads” page of the DSAM website: http://dsam.org.uk. The
> “Applications” page provides information on the afore mentioned application
> packages.
>
> Sincere regards,
>
> ...Lowel.
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