Knowledge-Based Systems in Astronomy (Lecture Notes in Physics)

André Heck

ISBN 10: 3540510443 / ISBN 13: 9783540510444

Published by Springer, 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge-Based Systems in Astronomy (Lecture Notes in Physics)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540510443
• ISBN 13: 9783540510444
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book

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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.