diff --git a/.ipynb_checkpoints/multi-area-model-checkpoint.ipynb b/.ipynb_checkpoints/multi-area-model-checkpoint.ipynb
index 45c8e167ca85170ab4f180587c29858749a596f7..8790c3ae4754f8db16f1c8126eb759f1e332b9e7 100644
--- a/.ipynb_checkpoints/multi-area-model-checkpoint.ipynb
+++ b/.ipynb_checkpoints/multi-area-model-checkpoint.ipynb
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
     "|Parameter                     |Default value            |Value range/options                                                   |Value assigned      |Description  |\n",
     "|:----------------------------:|:-----------------------:|:--------------------------------------------------------------------:|:------------------:|:-----------:|\n",
     "|scale_down_to                 |1.                       |(0, 1.]                                                               |0.005               |$^1$         |\n",
-    "|cc_weights_factor             |1.                       |(0, 1.]                                                               |1.                  |$^2$         |\n",
+    "|cc_weights_factor             |1.                       |[1.0, 2.5]                                                               |1.                  |$^2$         |\n",
     "|areas_simulated               |complete_area_list       |Sublists of complete_area_list                                     |complete_area_list  |$^3$         |\n",
     "|replace_non_simulated_areas   |None                     |None, 'hom_poisson_stat', 'het_poisson_stat', 'het_current_nonstat'   |'het_poisson_stat'  |$^4$         |"
    ]
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@
     "# Simulation parameters\n",
     "sim_params = {\n",
     "    'areas_simulated': areas_simulated,\n",
-    "    't_sim': 2000., # Simulated time (in ms), by default: 10.0\n",
+    "    # 't_sim': 2000., # Simulated time (in ms), by default: 10.0\n",
+    "    't_sim': 1500., # Simulated time (in ms), by default: 10.0\n",
     "    'num_processes': 1, # The number of MPI processes, by default: 1\n",
     "    'local_num_threads': 1, # The number of threads per MPI process, by default: 1\n",
     "    'recording_dict': {'record_vm': False},\n",
diff --git a/multi-area-model.ipynb b/multi-area-model.ipynb
index 45c8e167ca85170ab4f180587c29858749a596f7..8790c3ae4754f8db16f1c8126eb759f1e332b9e7 100644
--- a/multi-area-model.ipynb
+++ b/multi-area-model.ipynb
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
     "|Parameter                     |Default value            |Value range/options                                                   |Value assigned      |Description  |\n",
     "|:----------------------------:|:-----------------------:|:--------------------------------------------------------------------:|:------------------:|:-----------:|\n",
     "|scale_down_to                 |1.                       |(0, 1.]                                                               |0.005               |$^1$         |\n",
-    "|cc_weights_factor             |1.                       |(0, 1.]                                                               |1.                  |$^2$         |\n",
+    "|cc_weights_factor             |1.                       |[1.0, 2.5]                                                               |1.                  |$^2$         |\n",
     "|areas_simulated               |complete_area_list       |Sublists of complete_area_list                                     |complete_area_list  |$^3$         |\n",
     "|replace_non_simulated_areas   |None                     |None, 'hom_poisson_stat', 'het_poisson_stat', 'het_current_nonstat'   |'het_poisson_stat'  |$^4$         |"
    ]
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@
     "# Simulation parameters\n",
     "sim_params = {\n",
     "    'areas_simulated': areas_simulated,\n",
-    "    't_sim': 2000., # Simulated time (in ms), by default: 10.0\n",
+    "    # 't_sim': 2000., # Simulated time (in ms), by default: 10.0\n",
+    "    't_sim': 1500., # Simulated time (in ms), by default: 10.0\n",
     "    'num_processes': 1, # The number of MPI processes, by default: 1\n",
     "    'local_num_threads': 1, # The number of threads per MPI process, by default: 1\n",
     "    'recording_dict': {'record_vm': False},\n",