FireFly: A Bayesian Approach to Source Finding in Astronomical Data

Efficient and rigorous source finding techniques are needed for the upcoming large data sets from telescopes like MeerKAT, LSST and the SKA. Most of the current source-finding algorithms lack full statistical rigor. Typically these algorithms use some form of thresholding to find sources, which lead...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moloko, Oarabile Hope
Other Authors: Lochner, Michelle
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Science 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31797