AN AFFINE-INVARIANT SAMPLER FOR EXOPLANET FITTING AND DISCOVERY IN RADIAL VELOCITY DATA

Keywords

Markov chain Monte Carlo, Cluster analysis, Affine transformation, Computer science, Algorithm

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