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+The bfstdp_demo.hoc (which runs on Auto-launch) runs the learning procedure for 10000 s (about 3 hours) and displays the weight matrix from Input to Output layers together with the time-evolution of three of the weights.
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+The simulation takes 20 minutes or so, but you should be able to see the weight patterns begin to form, as in Figure 2 of the *J. Neurosci.* paper, before this time.
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+Data files are produced in a subdirectory called Data, and may be plotted using Matlab, Gnuplot (use pm3d in map view), etc. A sample graphing program, bfstdp_many.gnu, is provided but must be modified by globally changing the date and time from 20071217_1201 to the time recorded in the filenames in the Data directory. When you run the file in linux with the command
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+```
+gnuplot bfstdp_many.gnu
+```
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+it will then produce a postscript file that looks similar to:
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+![jpg version of defaultG_sin-0.0_20060601_1413.weights.ps](gnuplotoutput.jpg)
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+2025-05-27 – Standardized to Markdown.