Statistical evaluation of earthquake prediction results. Comments on the success rate and alarm rate

Acta Geophysica Polonica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Varotsos, Panayiotis ^a   Sarlis, Nikos ^a   Lazaridou, Mary ^a   Bogris, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REQUIREMENTS; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030423117     PISSN: 00015725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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