Title
METAPHOR: Probability density estimation for machine learning based photometric redshifts.
Abstract
We present METAPHOR (Machine-learning Estimation Tool for Accurate PHOtometric Redshifts), a method able to provide a reliable PDF for photometric galaxy redshifts estimated through empirical techniques. METAPHOR is a modular workflow, mainly based on the MLPQNA neural network as internal engine to derive photometric galaxy redshifts, but giving the possibility to easily replace MLPQNA with any other method to predict photo-z's and their PDF. We present here the results about a validation test of the workflow on the galaxies from SDSS-DR9, showing also the universality of the method by replacing MLPQNA with KNN and Random Forest models. The validation test include also a comparison with the PDF's derived from a traditional SED template fitting method (Le Phare).
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1017/S1743921317002186
IAU Symposium Proceedings Series
Keywords
Field
DocType
techniques: photometric,galaxies: distances and redshifts,galaxies: photometry
Probability density estimation,Redshift,Computer science,Photometry (optics),Algorithm,Metaphor
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
12
S325
1743-9213
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Valeria Amaro100.34
Stefano Cavuoti2104.79
Massimo Brescia3148.41
Civita Vellucci400.68
Crescenzo Tortora500.68
Giuseppe Longo67816.22