Contraction

Soma_Surface
This function returns the ratio between Euclidean distance of a branch and its path length.
Formula : AB + BC + CD + DE

AE




Function Output Type : Numeric

Calculated : At Every Branch

Command Line Usage Function : "-f23, 0, 0, 10.0"

Output:
Metric Total_Sum #Compartments
(considered)
#Compartments
(discarded)
Minimum Average Maximum S.D.
Contraction 84.1387 85 (1017) 0.887291 0.989867 1 0.019264
*All units are ratios

Output Interpretation :

Contraction can be calculated as ratio of Euclidean distance (AE) and EucDistance (AB+BC+CD+DE).

Total_Sum = 84.1387 gives Total_Sum, Minimum = 0.887291 gives minimum, Maximum = 1 gives maximum for given input neuron.


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