Morphological classification of galaxies through structural and star formation parameters using machine learning

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dc.contributor.authorAguilar-Argüello G.
dc.contributor.authorFuentes-Pineda G.
dc.contributor.authorHernández-Toledo H.M.
dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Vázquez L.A.
dc.contributor.authorVázquez-Mata J.A.
dc.contributor.authorBrough S.
dc.contributor.authorDemarco R.
dc.contributor.authorGhosh A.
dc.contributor.authorJiménez-Teja Y.
dc.contributor.authorMartin G.
dc.contributor.authorPearson W.J.
dc.contributor.authorSifón C.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-07T13:51:57Z
dc.date.available2025-03-07T13:51:57Z
dc.date.issued2025-02
dc.descriptionIndexación: Scopus
dc.description.abstractWe employ the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) machine learning (ML) method for the morphological classification of galaxies into two (early-type, late-type) and five (E, S0–S0a, Sa–Sb, Sbc–Scd, Sd–Irr) classes, using a combination of non-parametric (C, A, S, AS, Gini, M20, c5090), parametric (Sérsic index, n), geometric (axial ratio, BA), global colour (g − i, u − r, u − i), colour gradient [∆(g − i)], and asymmetry gradient (∆A9050) information, all estimated for a local galaxy sample (z < 0.15) compiled from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey imaging data. We train the XGBoost model and evaluate its performance through multiple standard metrics. Our findings reveal better performance when utilizing all 14 parameters, achieving accuracies of 88 per cent and 65 per cent for the two-class and five-class classification tasks, respectively. In addition, we investigate a hierarchical classification approach for the five-class scenario, combining three XGBoost classifiers. We observe comparable performance to the ‘direct’ five-class classification, with discrepancies of only up to 3 per cent. Using Shapley Additive Explanations (an advanced interpretation tool), we analyse how galaxy parameters impact the model’s classifications, providing valuable insights into the influence of these features on classification outcomes. Finally, we compare our results with previous studies and find them consistently aligned.
dc.identifier.citationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 537, Issue 2, Pages 876 - 8961 February 2025
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/mnras/staf085
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unab.cl/handle/ria/63676
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0 Deed
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectgalaxies: general
dc.subjectgalaxies: structure
dc.subjectmethods: data analysis
dc.subjectmethods: miscellaneous
dc.titleMorphological classification of galaxies through structural and star formation parameters using machine learning
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