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 # pytorch-sbs
 SbS Extension for PyTorch
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+Based on the scientific paper:
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+Back-Propagation Learning in Deep Spike-By-Spike Networks
+David Rotermund and Klaus R. Pawelzik
+Front. Comput. Neurosci., https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2019.00055
+https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncom.2019.00055/full
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+Efficient Computation Based on Stochastic Spikes
+Udo Ernst, David Rotermund, and Klaus Pawelzik
+Neural Computation (2007) 19 (5): 1313–1343.
+https://direct.mit.edu/neco/article-abstract/19/5/1313/7183/Efficient-Computation-Based-on-Stochastic-Spikes