Paper: astro-ph/0506618
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:24:53 GMT (21kb)

Title: Using Fuzzy Logic for Automatic Analysis of Astronomical Pipelines

Authors: Lior Shamir and Robert J. Nemiroff
Comments: 4 pages. Accepted as a short paper, LNAI/FSKD'05
\\
Fundamental astronomical questions on the composition of the universe, the
abundance of Earth-like planets, and the cause of the brightest explosions in
the universe are being attacked by robotic telescopes costing billions of
dollars and returning vast pipelines of data. The success of these programs
depends on the accuracy of automated real time processing of the astronomical
images. In this paper the needs of modern astronomical pipelines are discussed
in the light of fuzzy-logic based decision-making. Several specific fuzzy-logic
algorithms have been develop for the first time for astronomical purposes, and
tested with excellent results on data from the existing Night Sky Live sky
survey.

\\ ( http://arXiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506618 , 21kb)