Command: testsuite::test_iaf_ring

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Name:
 testsuite::test_iaf_ring - sli script for test of iaf_neuron spike interaction
across multiple machines.

Synopsis:
 nest_indirect test_iaf_ring  --> success

Description:

 test_iaf_ring checks if spikes can travel along a chain of neurons
 and whether the result is independent of the number of machines 
 involved in the computation.

 The unittest function distributed_assert_or_die can only handle the
 output of a single machine. Therefore the script collects the spikes
 of all neurons using a parrot neuron. The script does not check the 
 id of the sender, only the spike timing. A more strict test could be 
 carried out with a unittest function which merges the output of all 
 machines.

 The correct sequence of spikes including their ids is documented at
 the end of this file. Note that due to the use of an intermediate
 parrot neuron the reported spike times have an offset of 1ms (10
 steps) with respect to the documented values. The offset corresponds
 to the default delay of 1ms.

Author:
 Joche Martin Eppler, Markus Diesmann, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig
FirstVersion:
 January 2006
SeeAlso:testsuite::test_iaf_i0 testsuite::test_getrng_neuron
Source:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/testsuite/mpitests/test_iaf_ring.sli

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