COSMOS2015 dataset machine learning photo-z Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Razim O.
  2. Cavuoti S.
  3. Brescia M.
  4. Riccio G.
  5. Salvato M.
  6. Longo G.
  7. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

In order to answer the open questions of modern cosmology and galaxy evolution theory, robust algorithms for calculating photometric redshifts (photo-z) for very large samples of galaxies are needed. Correct estimation of the various photo-z algorithms' performance requires attention to both the performance metrics and the data used for the estimation. In this work, we use the supervised machine learning algorithm MLPQNA (Multi-Layer Perceptron with Quasi-Newton Algorithm) to calculate photometric redshifts for the galaxies in the COSMOS2015 catalogue and the unsupervised Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) to determine the reliability of the resulting estimates. We find that for z_spec_<1.2, MLPQNA photo-z predictions are on the same level of quality as spectral energy distribution fitting photo-z. We show that the SOM successfully detects unreliable zspec that cause biases in the estimation of the photo-z algorithms' performance. Additionally, we use SOM to select the objects with reliable photo-z predictions. Our cleaning procedures allow us to extract the subset of objects for which the quality of the final photo-z catalogues is improved by a factor of 2, compared to the overall statistics.

Keywords
  1. Astronomical models
  2. Redshifted
  3. Galaxies
  4. Catalogs
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021MNRAS.507.5034R
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/507/5034
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/507/5034

Access

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http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/507/5034
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/507/5034
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/507/5034
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http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/507/5034/mlphotoz?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/507/5034/mlphotoz?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/507/5034/mlphotoz?

History

2021-10-28T09:11:41Z
Resource record created
2021-10-28T09:11:41Z
Created
2021-12-03T13:07:03Z
Updated

Contact

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CDS support team
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