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math.ST2018★ 3 cited
Statistical Inference with Local Optima
Yen-Chi Chen
We study the statistical properties of an estimator derived by applying a gradient ascent method with multiple initializations to a multi-modal likelihood function. We derive the p…
astro-ph.CO2018★ 46 cited
Detecting Galaxy-Filament Alignments in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III
Yen-Chi Chen, Shirley Ho, Jonathan Blazek +4
Previous studies have shown the filamentary structures in the cosmic web influence the alignments of nearby galaxies. We study this effect in the LOWZ sample of the Sloan Digital S…
astro-ph.GA2018★ 21 cited
An Analysis Framework for Understanding the Origin of Nuclear Activity in Low-Power Radio Galaxies
Yen-Ting Lin, Hung-Jin Huang, Yen-Chi Chen
Using large samples containing nearly active galaxies of low radio luminosity (1.4 GHz luminosity between and W/Hz, essentially low-excit…