Statistical tests for evaluating earthquake prediction methods

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1407-1409

  Riedel, Kurt S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION METHODS; EARTHQUAKES SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS TEST; POSTCURSORS; RANDOM CHANCE; SEISMIC EARTHQUAKE SIGNAL;

EARTHQUAKES; FORECASTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEISMIC WAVES; STATISTICAL TESTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 0030149824     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00476     Document Type: Article

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