Multivariate Approaches to Classification in Extragalactic Astronomy

Clustering objects into synthetic groups is a natural activity of any science. Astrophysics is not an exception and is now facing a deluge of data. For galaxies, the one-century old Hubble classification and the Hubble tuning fork are still largely in use, together with numerous mono- or bivariate c...

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Main Authors: Didier eFraix-Burnet, Marc eThuillard, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fspas.2015.00003/full