Metric space Metric space analysis method. Metric space analysis method. J. D. Victor K. P. Purpura D. Aronov Metric-space analysis of spike trains: theory, algorithms and application. 1997 Network: Computation in Neural Systems 8 127-164 Fast algorithm for the metric-space analysis of simultaneous responses of multiple single neurons. 2003 Journal of Neuroscience Methods 124 175-179 metricopen Prepare input data structure for metric space analysis. Prepare input data structure for metric space analysis. start_time Start time The start time of the analysis window. The default is the maximum of all of the start times in X. false 0.0 end_time end_time End time The end time of the analysis window. The default is the minimum of all of the end times in X. false 100.0 start_time metricdist Compute distances between sets of spike train pairs. Compute distances between sets of spike train pairs. metric_family Metric family Metric family false 0 0,1 'Spike','Interval' shift_cost Shift cost Shift cost true 0 0 label_cost Label cost Label cost false 0 0 2 metricclust Cluster spike trains based on distance matrix. Cluster spike trains based on distance matrix. clustering_exponent Clustering exponent Clustering exponent false -2 info2d Information and entropies from a 2-D histogram. Information and entropies from a 2-D histogram. unoccupied_bins_strategy Unoccupied bins strategy unoccupied_bins_strategy false -1 -1,0,1 'Ignore unoccupied bins', 'Use an unoccupied bin only if its row and column are occupied', 'Use all bins' entropy_estimation_method Entropy estimation method entropy_estimation_method true 0 0,1,2 'plugin', 'tpmc', 'jack' variance_estimation_method Variance estimation method variance_estimation_method false -1 -1,2 'Ignore this method', 'jack'