Introduction to papers on astrostatistics
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Publication:1018560
DOI10.1214/09-AOAS234zbMATH Open1275.62081arXiv0905.2315OpenAlexW2165982751MaRDI QIDQ1018560FDOQ1018560
Authors: J. Martínez 
Publication date: 20 May 2009
Published in: The Annals of Applied Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We are pleased to present a Special Section on Statistics and Astronomy in this issue of the The Annals of Applied Statistics. Astronomy is an observational rather than experimental science; as a result, astronomical data sets both small and large present particularly challenging problems to analysts who must make the best of whatever the sky offers their instruments. The resulting statistical problems have enormous diversity. In one problem, one may have to carefully quantify uncertainty in a hard-won, sparse data set; in another, the sheer volume of data may forbid a formally optimal analysis, requiring judicious balancing of model sophistication, approximations, and clever algorithms. Often the data bear a complex relationship to the underlying phenomenon producing them, much in the manner of inverse problems.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2315
Applications of statistics to physics (62P35) Statistical astronomy (85A35) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistics (62-02)
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