Knowledge-Based Systems in Astronomy

HECK, Andre

ISBN 10: 366213733X / ISBN 13: 9783662137338

Published by Springer 2014-04, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge-Based Systems in Astronomy
• Publisher: Springer 2014-04
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 366213733X
• ISBN 13: 9783662137338
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book gives a synthesis of the state of the art in artificial intelligence in astronomy and astrophysics, presents its current applications and points out directions of future work. The individual chapters report on the application of artificial intelligence techniques for large astronomical surveys, for processing cosmic ray data, for facilitating data reduction using image processing systems, for telescope scheduling, for observatory ground support operations, for observation proposal preparation assistance, and for scientific applications such as stellar spectral and galaxy morphology classification. The new field of connectionism (neural networks) is also surveyed. The book is designed to be self-contained: a glossary of terms used in this area is provided and an index of terms, acronyms and proper names completes the book.