User:Jeblad/models


 * Descriptive models
 * How things actually work, given historical outcomes, and answers the question “What did happen?”


 * Predictive models
 * How things actually work, used for future outcomes, and answers the question “What will happen?”


 * Normative or Interpretive models
 * How things should work, and answers the question “Why does this happen?”


 * Mechanistic or Surrogate models
 * How things can work, and answers the question “How does this happen?”


 * Spike-triggered average, reverse correlation, or white-noise analysis
 * Tool for characterizing the transfer function of a neuron using the spikes emitted in response to a time-varying stimulus.