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Artificial Intelligence: What can it do for Astronomy?

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Data Analysis in Astronomy III

Part of the book series: Ettore Majorana International Science Series ((EMISS,volume 40))

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This paper summarizes the development and the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, and examines their application to astronomy. Areas of actual and possible use are identified. An attempt is made to extrapolate into future applications, emphasizing inter-disciplinary aspects and improvements of research methodology.

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  1. Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility, European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 8046, Garching/München, Germany

    R. Albrecht

  2. Astrophysics Division, Space Science Department, European Space Agency, France

    R. Albrecht

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  1. University of Palermo and Institute of Cosmic Physics and Informatics/CNR, Palermo, Italy

    V. Di Gesù , L. Scarsi  & M. C. Maccarone ,  & 

  2. European Southern Observatory, Garching/Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

    P. Crane

  3. Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

    J. H. Friedman

  4. University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    S. Levialdi

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Albrecht, R. (1989). Artificial Intelligence: What can it do for Astronomy?. In: Di Gesù, V., Scarsi, L., Crane, P., Friedman, J.H., Levialdi, S., Maccarone, M.C. (eds) Data Analysis in Astronomy III. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 40. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5646-2_22

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