no code implementations • 30 Oct 2019 • Hao Sun, Jiadong Guo, Edward J. Kim, Robert J. Brunner
The increasing amount of data in astronomy provides great challenges for machine learning research.
4 code implementations • 6 Nov 2018 • Sahand Hariri, Matias Carrasco Kind, Robert J. Brunner
This extension, named Extended Isolation Forest (EIF), resolves issues with assignment of anomaly score to given data points.
1 code implementation • 15 Aug 2016 • Edward J. Kim, Robert J. Brunner
Most existing star-galaxy classifiers use the reduced summary information from catalogs, requiring careful feature extraction and selection.
no code implementations • 26 Oct 2015 • Harshil M. Kamdar, Matthew J. Turk, Robert J. Brunner
In this work, we show that ML is a promising technique to study galaxy formation in the backdrop of a hydrodynamical simulation.
Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
no code implementations • 21 Oct 2015 • Harshil M. Kamdar, Matthew J. Turk, Robert J. Brunner
We present a new exploratory framework to model galaxy formation and evolution in a hierarchical universe by using machine learning (ML).
Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2 code implementations • 8 May 2015 • Edward J. Kim, Robert J. Brunner, Matias Carrasco Kind
There exist a variety of star-galaxy classification techniques, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
no code implementations • 11 Jun 2009 • Nicholas M. Ball, Robert J. Brunner
We review the current state of data mining and machine learning in astronomy.
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
no code implementations • 21 Apr 2008 • Nicholas M. Ball, Robert J. Brunner, Adam D. Myers, Natalie E. Strand, Stacey L. Alberts, David Tcheng
We apply machine learning in the form of a nearest neighbor instance-based algorithm (NN) to generate full photometric redshift probability density functions (PDFs) for objects in the Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS DR5).
no code implementations • 17 Dec 2006 • Nicholas M. Ball, Robert J. Brunner, Adam D. Myers, Natalie E. Strand, Stacey L. Alberts, David Tcheng, Xavier Llorà
The instance-based algorithm is trained on a representative sample of the data and pseudo-blind-tested on the remaining unseen data.
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