The
SWIFT model:
Download page for numerical simulations
SWIFT: A Dynamical Model of Saccade
Generation During Reading
by Ralf Engbert, Antje Nuthmann, Eike Richter, and Reinhold Kliegl
(2005),
Psychological Review 112, 777-813.
Simulation example:
The source code of the iteration loop given on this web page was used
for all simulations in the paper.
How to use implement the model on a computer?
Step 1: Download and extract the archive file swift.tar.
Change directory to "SWIFT".
Step 2: Compile the program "swiftsim.c". Using the GNU compiler
with command line "gcc -o swiftsim swiftsim.c -lm".
Step 3: Start MATLAB.
Change directory to "SWIFT". Execute the program "xvisual.m".
Choose a sentence ID of the
Potsdam Sentence Corpus (1 .. 144).
Notes:
The executable file produced in "Step 2" above must be named
"swiftsim", if you use the MATLAB visualization program.