Extracting knowledge from massive astronomical data sets

Springer Series in Astrostatistics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-45

  Brescia, Massimo ^a   Cavuoti, Stefano ^b   Djorgovski, George S ^c,d   Donalek, Ciro ^c   Longo, Giuseppe ^b   Paolillo, Maurizio ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84987740274     PISSN: 21991030     EISSN: 21991049     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3323-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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