The Brain Dynamics Toolbox is open-source matlab software for simulating bespoke dynamical systems. Users define their system of equations as a custom matlab function. Interchangeable solvers and plotting tools can then be applied to that system with no additional programming effort.
Differential Equations
The toolbox solves initial-value problems in the types of differential equations that arise in computational neuroscience. Namely, Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs), Delay Differential Equations (DDEs), Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs) and Partial Differential Equations (PDEs).
Combinatorial Power
The hub-and-spoke software architecture allows unlimited combinations of display panels and solvers to be applied to any model at run-time.
Programmable Controls
The graphical controls can be manipulated from the matlab command line for rapid parameter surveys. Large-scale simulations can be scripted with command-line tools.
Official Handbook
Online Courses
Community Collection
Models can be shared on the Zenodo community collection. All uploads receive a permanent digital object identifier (doi).
First Prize Winner, Dynamical Systems 2018 Software Contest.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Postdoc / Junior Faculty Category.
Honourable Mention, Dynamical Systems 2019 Software Tutorials Contest.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Postdoc / Junior Faculty Category.
“A fantastic (and open) resource for all interested in simulating dynamical systems in neuroscience”
— Prof Olaf Sporns, Co-director of the Indiana University Network Science Institute.
“This easy-to-use toolbox has greatly enhanced the modelling work we do in our lab”
— Prof Alex Fornito, Co-director of the Brain & Mental Health Research Hub, Monash University.
“Frees students of the implementation burden and allows me to teach the dynamical concepts”
— Dr Ben D Fulcher, Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics, The University of Sydney.
“An intuitive and insightful platform for modelling any dynamical system”
— Dr Darragh Walsh, Postdoctoral Researcher, DCU Insight.
“I love the Brain Dynamics Toolbox. It is a very intuitive way of understanding dynamical systems and exploring bifurcations!”
— Caglar Cakan, PhD student, Neural Information Processing Group, Technische Universitat Berlin.