Glossary
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| Term | Meaning in this package |
|---|---|
| TemporalFocus | Julia package name (Project.toml / using) |
| NeuroPulse.jl | GitHub repository and Pages path name |
| ActivityRegion | Immutable per-region summary: rate + readout |
| RegionRouter | Mutable routing state and buffers |
| routing_weights | Primary output: length n_regions, sum ~1 |
| Spike density | Normalized firing rate in [0, 1] for the tick |
| Manifold surprise | ‖Δreadout‖ / (‖EMA‖ + ε) vs recent history |
| Momentum | |Δ routing weight| vs previous-weight buffer |
| EMA | Exponential moving average of region readouts |
| Lateral inhibition | Cross-region score suppression via inhibition_matrix
|
| Adjacency mask |
adjacency_matrix > 0 gates whether inhibition applies |
| MIN_SCORE | Soft floor so regions do not go fully silent mid-norm |
| NERO | Historical algorithm / API naming (legacy aliases) |
| LobeState | Legacy alias of ActivityRegion
|
| NeroOrchestrator | Legacy alias of RegionRouter
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| adapt_leak! | Optional stress → membrane leak helper |
| Interop freeze | Documented Float32 shape contract (LIM-228) |
| Tick | Caller-defined discrete step; package is tick-agnostic |
Last updated: July 29, 2026
Updated by: Grok Build: Grok 4.5
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