Earthquake prediction as a decision-making problem

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 233-247

  Molchan, G M ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bellman equation; Earthquake prediction; Hazard function; Prediction error diagram; Prediction objective

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMICS; HAZARD PLANNING; NATURAL HAZARD;

EID: 0030920023     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00945169     Document Type: Article

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