Flashes in a star stream: Automated classification of astronomical transient events

2012 IEEE 8th International Conference on E-Science, e-Science 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Djorgovski, S G ^a   Mahabal, A A ^a   Donalek, C ^a   Graham, M J ^a   Drake, A J ^a   Moghaddam, B ^b   Turmon, M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated decision making; Bayesian methods; Classification; Machine learning; Massive data streams; Sky surveys

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY DETECTION; ARCHIVAL DATA; AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION; AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING; BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN METHODS; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; DATA STREAM; MASSIVE DATA STREAMS; MULTIWAVELENGTH; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RELEVANT INFORMATIONS; SCARCE RESOURCES; TRANSIENT EVENTS;

ASTROPHYSICS; AUTOMATION; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; METADATA;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84873638596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/eScience.2012.6404437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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