RICE UNIVERSITY
Model Reduction of Large Spiking Neurons
by
Anthony Richard Kellems
A THESIS SUBMITTED
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
Steven J.
Professor
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DannyjC. Sorensen
Doctor of Philosophy
Thesis Comàhït
Computational. and Applied Mathematics
ardingJProfessor of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Athanasios C. Antoulas
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mark P.√Emb
Professor of
li∕d Mathematics
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and A
arel Z. Shouval
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas
May 2010