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School of Statistics for Astrophysics 2015 : clustering and classification
Ecole
Ecole IPAG du 11 au 16 octobre 2015 - Les Houches (France)
This second session of the School of Statistics for Astrophysics is devoted to clustering and classification.
Grouping objects obtained from the astronomical observations into distinct categories has always been a necessity imposed by their vast diversity. This is the case for stars, galaxies, asteroids, supernova, active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts and many others. This clustering by similarities (unsupervised classification) is a prerequisite to any physical modelisation, and (...)