Light-Driven Arousal Dynamics Model

This repository aims at implementing the arousal dynamics model as described in:

[Postnova et al. 2016] Postnova, S., Lockley, S. W., & Robinson, P. A. (2016). Sleep Propensity under Forced Desynchrony in a Model of Arousal State Dynamics. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 31(5), 498–508. https://doi.org/10.1177/0748730416658806

[Postnova et al. 2018] Postnova, S., Lockley, S. W., & Robinson, P. A. (2018). Prediction of Cognitive Performance and Subjective Sleepiness Using a Model of Arousal Dynamics. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 33(2), 203–218. https://doi.org/10.1177/0748730418758454

[Tekieh et al. 2020] Tekieh, T., Lockley, S. W., Robinson, P. A., McCloskey, S., Zobaer, M. S., & Postnova, S. (2020). Modeling melanopsin‐mediated effects of light on circadian phase, melatonin suppression, and subjective sleepiness. Journal of Pineal Research, 69(3), e12681. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpi.12681

Parameters and equations are taken from the papers.

Project led by Clotilde Pierson. Implementation by Alexander Ulbrich.

To Do

• Add license
• Add copyright notices
• Add reference to equations as code comments
• Implement the revised model (in progress)
• Write unit tests
• Validate results
• Clean up code
• Package python code