https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715203011
Machine learning techniques to select variable stars
1 Universidad de los Andes, Departamento de Física, Cra.1 No.18A-10, Edificio Ip, Bogotá, Colombia
2 Universidad de los Andes, Departamento de Matemáticas, Cra.1 No.18A-10, Edificio H, Bogotá, Colombia
* josegarc@uniandes.edu.co
** mf.perez648@uniandes.edu.co
*** bsabogal@uniandes.edu.co
**** aj.quiroz1079@uniandes.edu.co
Published online: 8 September 2017
In order to perform a supervised classification of variable stars, we propose and evaluate a set of six features extracted from the magnitude density of the light curves. They are used to train automatic classification systems using state-of-the-art classifiers implemented in the R statistical computing environment. We find that random forests is the most successful method to select variables.
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