Classification of ultraviolet stellar spectra using artificial neural networks

Scheme based on the artificial neural networks (ANNs) trained with multi-layer back propagation using single level network for classifying ultraviolet spectra in the IUE Low-Dispersion Spectra Reference Atlas is presented. We compare the classification results obtained from single-level network with the one from multi-level neural tree network. Both the schemes could successfully classify the test set of spectra in terms of spectral type as well as luminosity.