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In this work we explore the possibility of applying machine learning methods designed for one-dimensional problems to the task of galaxy image classification. The algorithms used for image classification typically rely on multiple costly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-23 F. Tarsitano , C. Bruderer , K. Schawinski , W. G. Hartley

We explore unsupervised machine learning for galaxy morphology analyses using a combination of feature extraction with a vector-quantised variational autoencoder (VQ-VAE) and hierarchical clustering (HC). We propose a new methodology that…

In recent years, automated, supervised classification techniques have been fruitfully applied to labeling and organizing large astronomical databases. These methods require off-line classifier training, based on labeled examples from each…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 David Bazell , David J. Miller

We present results of using a basic binary classification neural network model to identify likely catastrophic outlier photometric redshift estimates of individual galaxies, based only on the galaxies' measured photometric band magnitude…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 J. Singal , G. Silverman , E. Jones , T. Do , B. Boscoe , Y. Wan

Survey telescopes such as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the Square Kilometre Array will discover billions of static and dynamic astronomical sources. Properly mined, these enormous datasets will likely be wellsprings of rare or unknown…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-07 Michelle Lochner , Bruce A. Bassett

The outlying property detection problem is the problem of discovering the properties distinguishing a given object, known in advance to be an outlier in a database, from the other database objects. In this paper, we analyze the problem…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2013-06-18 Fabrizio Angiulli , Fabio Fassetti , Luigi Palopoli , Giuseppe Manco

Outlier recognition is a fundamental problem in data analysis and has attracted a great deal of attention in the past decades. However, most existing methods still suffer from several issues such as high time and space complexities or…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Hu Ding , Mingquan Ye

Various technologies, including computer vision models, are employed for the automatic monitoring of manual assembly processes in production. These models detect and classify events such as the presence of components in an assembly area or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Anton Sergeev , Victor Minchenkov , Aleksei Soldatov , Vasiliy Kakurin , Yaroslav Mazikov

Outlier detection is an essential capability in safety-critical applications of supervised visual recognition. Most of the existing methods deliver best results by encouraging standard closed-set models to produce low-confidence predictions…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Anja Delić , Matej Grcić , Siniša Šegvić

Many computer vision tasks involve processing large amounts of data contaminated by outliers, which need to be detected and rejected. While outlier detection methods based on robust statistics have existed for decades, only recently have…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-04-14 Chong You , Daniel P. Robinson , René Vidal

Machine Learning algorithms are good tools for both classification and prediction purposes. These algorithms can further be used for scientific discoveries from the enormous data being collected in our era. We present ways of discovering…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-26 Shraddha Surana , Yogesh Wadadekar , Divya Oberoi

In deep, ground-based imaging, about 15%-30% of object detections are expected to correspond to two or more true objects - these are called ``unrecognized blends''. We use Machine Learning algorithms to detect unrecognized blends in deep…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-25 Shuang Liang , Prakruth Adari , Anja von der Linden , The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

We present an application of Deep Learning for the image recognition of asteroid trails in single-exposure photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Using algorithms based on multi-layered deep Convolutional Neural Networks, we report…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-02 Andrei A. Parfeni , Laurentiu I. Caramete , Andreea M. Dobre , Nguyen Tran Bach

With the volume and availability of astronomical data growing rapidly, astronomers will soon rely on the use of machine learning algorithms in their daily work. This proceeding aims to give an overview of what machine learning is and delve…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-06 Sara A. Webb , Simon R. Goode

The morphology of a galaxy has been shown to encode the evolutionary history and correlates strongly with physical properties such as stellar mass, star formation rates and past merger events. While the majority of galaxies in the local…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-23 Clár-Bríd Tohill , Steven Bamford , Christopher Conselice

The paper explores the use of various machine learning methods to search for heterogeneous or atypical structures on astronomical maps. The study was conducted on the maps of the cosmic microwave background radiation from the Planck mission…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-14 I. A. Karkin , A. A. Kirillov , E. P. Savelova

Outlier detection is a significant area in data mining. It can be either used to pre-process the data prior to an analysis or post the processing phase (before visualization) depending on the effectiveness of the outlier and its importance.…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-06-22 Jacob John

Modern astronomical surveys are producing datasets of unprecedented size and richness, increasing the potential for high-impact scientific discovery. This possibility, coupled with the challenge of exploring a large number of sources, has…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-01 Verlon Etsebeth , Michelle Lochner , Mike Walmsley , Margherita Grespan

Outlier detection and cleaning are essential steps in data preprocessing to ensure the integrity and validity of data analyses. This paper focuses on outlier points within individual trajectories, i.e., points that deviate significantly…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Mariana M Garcez Duarte , Mahmoud Sakr

One of the most relevant problems in the extraction of scientifically useful information from wide field astronomical images (both photographic plates and CCD frames) is the recognition of the objects against a noisy background and their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-17 S. Andreon , G. Gargiulo , G. Longo , R. Tagliaferri , N. Capuano