Automatic quantitative morphological analysis of interacting galaxies

Astronomy and Computing

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-

  Shamir, Lior ^a   Holincheck, Anthony ^b   Wallin, John ^c  

^a LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: structure; Methods: analytical; Techniques: image processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FISHER DISCRIMINANT; GALAXIES: EVOLUTIONS; GALAXIES: STRUCTURE; METHODS:ANALYTICAL; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUES: IMAGE PROCESSING; UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING;

GALAXIES;

EID: 84885145124     PISSN: 22131337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ascom.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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