Prediction of stellar atmospheric parameters using instance-based machine learning and genetic algorithms

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-178

  Ramírez, J Federico ^a   Fuentes, Olac ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Machine learning; Optimization; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035788052     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021899116161     Document Type: Article

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