Abstract. We propose an event-driven framework dedicated to the design and the simulation of networks of spiking neurons. It consists of an abstract model of spiking neurons and an efficient event-driven simulation engine so as to achieve good performance

moreabstractneuronsspeci callydesignedfordetectinganodorindependentofitsconcentration[9].Asimulatorhasbeendeveloppedandthesoftwareshouldbesoonavailableathttp://www.loria.fr/ rochel/.

Besidestheneedofamorein-depthstudyofthedatastructuresusedbythesimulationengine,futureworkswillincludethedesignofahierarchicalabstractmodelthatwillpermiteasiermodellingofcomplexnetworksandmoree cientsimulationsofhomogeneouspopulationofneurons.

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