Measurement errors and scaling relations in astrophysics: A review

Statistical Analysis and Data Mining

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-33

  Andreon, Stefano ^a   Hurn, Merilee ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrophysics; Bayesian statistics; Errors in variables; Measurement errors; Regression; Scaling relations

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASTRONOMICAL DATA; BAYESIAN STATISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA SELECTION; ERROR-IN-VARIABLE; HETEROSCEDASTIC; MODELING PARAMETERS; NON-UNIFORM; REGRESSION; SCALING RELATIONS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 84873178276     PISSN: 19321872     EISSN: 19321864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sam.11173     Document Type: Review

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