NSL-Neural Simulation Language

NSL, Neural Simulation Language, is a general purpose simulation system providing a high-level language with many constructs and libraries developed to ease the specification of large neural networks. NSL integrates object-oriented programming methodologies in its design and implementation, providing a simulation environment for users with little programming background, as well as those with more extensive programming expertise, who can use C++ as an extension to NSL's modeling language. NSL is widely used in research and teaching, having lead to many different neural network models, both in the artificial and biological domains. NSL enables the simulation of models with different levels of neural details, with special support for the leaky integrator.

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