A robust morphological classification of high-redshift galaxies using support vector machines on seeing limited images: I. Method description

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 478, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 971-980

  Huertas Company, M ^a,d   Rouan, D ^a   Tasca, L ^c   Soucail, G ^b   Le Fevre O ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: high redshift; Methods: data analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MORPHOLOGY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

C/A CLASSIFICATION; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 38649119190     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078625     Document Type: Article

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