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Using a Random Forest to Classify ASAS-SN Variable Stars

Using a Random Forest to Classify ASAS-SN Variable Stars

by Huei Sears | Jan 30, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

ASAS-SN searches for supernova and finds variable stars too! They found so many (~90,000) that they decided to classify them all. How do you go about classifying 90,000 things? Machine learning, of course!

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