TY - JOUR
T1 - Weak convergence of marked point processes generated by crossings of multivariate jump processes
T2 - Applications to neural network modeling
AU - Tamborrino, Massimiliano
AU - Sacerdote, Laura
AU - Jacobsen, Martin
PY - 2014/11/15
Y1 - 2014/11/15
N2 - We consider the multivariate point process determined by the crossing times of the components of a multivariate jump process through a multivariate boundary, assuming to reset each component to an initial value after its boundary crossing. We prove that this point process converges weakly to the point process determined by the crossing times of the limit process. This holds for both diffusion and deterministic limit processes. The almost sure convergence of the first passage times under the almost sure convergence of the processes is also proved. The particular case of a multivariate Stein process converging to a multivariate Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process is discussed as a guideline for applying diffusion limits for jump processes. We apply our theoretical findings to neural network modeling. The proposed model gives a mathematical foundation to the generalization of the class of Leaky Integrate-and-Fire models for single neural dynamics to the case of a firing network of neurons. This will help future study of dependent spike trains.
AB - We consider the multivariate point process determined by the crossing times of the components of a multivariate jump process through a multivariate boundary, assuming to reset each component to an initial value after its boundary crossing. We prove that this point process converges weakly to the point process determined by the crossing times of the limit process. This holds for both diffusion and deterministic limit processes. The almost sure convergence of the first passage times under the almost sure convergence of the processes is also proved. The particular case of a multivariate Stein process converging to a multivariate Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process is discussed as a guideline for applying diffusion limits for jump processes. We apply our theoretical findings to neural network modeling. The proposed model gives a mathematical foundation to the generalization of the class of Leaky Integrate-and-Fire models for single neural dynamics to the case of a firing network of neurons. This will help future study of dependent spike trains.
U2 - 10.1016/j.physd.2014.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.physd.2014.08.003
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0167-2789
VL - 288
SP - 45
EP - 52
JO - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
JF - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
ER -