Flexible and scalable methods for quantifying stochastic variability in the era of massive time-domain astronomical data sets

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 788, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kelly, Brandon C ^a   Becker, Andrew C ^b   Sobolewska, Malgosia ^c   Siemiginowska, Aneta ^d   Uttley, Phil ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

methods: statistical

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EID: 84901760813     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/33     Document Type: Article

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