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units of GLIF parameters hard to find

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Hey,

first I have a question: Is it true that the parameters that you get from get_neuron_config() are the fitted values as described by the fitting procedure in the glif white paper ?

Further I wanted to suggest to put the units of the parameters maybe into a second dictionairy with the same keys as the neuron_config dict because if you overlooked them on the website, as I did, it's not so obvious where to find them. Another alternative that I find more intuitive would be the api docs.

Also, I couldn't figure out yet what to do with the neuron.coeffs (also returned by get_neuron_config()), do I have to multiply them to the parameters with the same name ? Did I just miss something in the white paper ?

Cheers,
awakenting

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Start with get_neuron_config(), neuron.coeffs, and the GlifNeuron API documentation linked in the issue. Compare the parameter descriptions with the GLIF white paper and glif_models.html. Done means the parameter units and the role of coeffs are documented where users can find them, with the fitted-value question answered.

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