Topic: leaky integral control

Energy efficiency and robustness to noise for long-distance communication are often cited as reasons to the question of why the brain uses digital communication in the form of spiking neurons [1,2]. However, a quantitative and systematic analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of spikes in terms of communication, computation or control is still missing. Here, we approach the question from a control perspective and systematically compare event-based control with analog control. In particular, we view motor neurons as controllers that act on muscle fibers through their twitch response kern