Methods

In these sections, the methods adapted and applied by BASTA is detailed.

The origin, justification and impact of the methods are not described here, but in the related papers. This simply acts as a description of how the methods are applied, to understand how BASTA is used.

The following topics are covered:

• Statistical methods
  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Posterior
• General methods
  • Fitting distance/parallax
• Individual frequencies
  • Frequency constraint
  • Excluding frequencies
  • Frequency matching
• Surface independent
  • Frequency ratios
  • Frequency phase shift differences
• Interpolation of stellar models