This is the readme for the models and methods associated with the paper: Visser S, Van Gils SA (2014) Lumping Izhikevich neurons EPJ Nonlinear Biomedical Physics 25(12):6 These files were contributed by Sid Visser. The files Urd01.m and Urd02.m in the top level folder reproduce figures from the paper. The Norns folder contain a universal simulation environment and documentation for Norns, designed and developed by Sid Visser. Windows users will need to compile the c++ files in Norns\VerdandiLite1_1\VerdandiLite_CPP using the makefile. This is only necessary for the first time.