2018/09/12 by Juan Rojo, Rojo, Juan
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1809.04392
12 pages, 9 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the XXIIIth Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum conference, 1-6 August 2018, University of Maynooth, Ireland
arxiv created 2018/09/12 · arxiv updated 2018/09/13
The use of machine learning algorithms in theoretical and experimental high-energy physics has experienced an impressive progress in recent years, with applications from trigger selection to jet substructure classification and detector simulation among many others. In this contribution, we review the machine learning tools used in the NNPDF family of global QCD analyses. These include multi-layer feed-forward neural networks for the model-independent parametrisation of parton distributions and fragmentation functions, genetic and covariance matrix adaptation algorithms for training and optimisation, and closure testing for the systematic validation of the fitting methodology.