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Investigation variable star classification through light curve analysis using machine learning approach

Abstract

With the development of space technology, wide-field sky surveys using telescopes have expanded the range of new data available for time-domain astronomical research. Traditional data analysis methods can no longer respond quickly and accurately enough to the growing volume of data. Thus, classifying time-series data, such as light curves, has become a significant challenge in the era of big data. In modern times, analyzing light curves has become essential for using machine learning techniques to handle and filter through massive amounts of data. Machine learning algorithms can be divided into two categories: shallow learning and deep learning. Numerous researchers have proposed and developed a variety of algorithms for light curve classification. In this study, we experimented with Support Vector Machine (SVM) and XGBoost, which are shallow machine learning algorithms, as well as 1D-CNN and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), which are deep learning algorithms, which are branches of deep machine learning, to classify variable stars. The training and testing data used in this study were from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment-III (OGLE-III), consisting of variable star data from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), categorized into five main classes: Classical Cepheids, δ Scutis, eclipsing binaries, RR Lyrae stars, and Long-period variables. The results demonstrate the performance analysis of each machine learning algorithm type applied to light curve data, while also highlighting the accuracy and statistical metrics of the algorithms used in the experiments.

Objective

ในงานนี้เราได้เสนอการใช้อัลกอริทึมการเรียนรู้ของเครื่องที่ทำการแบ่งอัลกอริทึมได้เป็น 2 ประเภท คือ แบบตื้นและแบบลึกมาทดสอบประสิทธิภาพโดยแบบตื้นมีมีอัลกอริทึม Support Vector Machine (SVM) และ XGBoost แบบลึกมีอัลกอริทึม 1D-CNN และ Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) เราพิจารณาข้อมูลการสังเกตที่ได้จากฐานข้อมูล Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment-III (OGLE-III) ที่เป็นดาวแปรแสงในพื้นที่ Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) ด้วยกล้องโทรทรรศน์ขนาด 1.3-m Warsaw ที่ติดตั้งที่หอดูดาวลาสคัมปานัส ประเทศชิลี ข้อมูลนี้ประกอบด้วยการสังเกตดาวแปรแสงมากกว่าหนึ่งแสนครั้งโดยพิจารณาจากกราฟแสง และใช้ข้อมูลสถิติต่างๆ เช่น Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-score, AUG, mPa, mcc และ kappa ซึ่งงานวิจัยนี้มีจุดมุ่งหมายเพื่อที่จะทดสอบประสิทธิภาพในการจำแนกประเภทของดาวแปรแสงโดยใช้ข้อมูลการวิเคราะห์ light curve ด้วยเทคนิคการเรียนรู้ของเครื่องทั้งสองประเภท เพื่อให้เห็นถึงความเข้าใจในลักษณะและพฤติกรรมของดาวแปรแสง ซึ่งใช้ในประโยชน์ต่างๆ เช่น ความรู้ในด้านดาราศาสตร์ฟิสิกส์หรือการค้นพบดาวเคราะห์ดวงใหม่ๆ และการป้องกันภัยจากดาวแปรแสงมีอาจจะมีผลกระทบต่อโลก อีกทั้งในเรื่องการประหยัดเวลาและทรัพยากรในการที่จะจำแนกประเภทดาวแปรแสงอย่างมีระบบและมีประสิทธิภาพ

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