Autoregressive models as a tool to discriminate chaos from randomness in geoelectrical time series: An application to earthquake prediction

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 385-400

  Cuomo, Vincenzo ^a   Lapenna, Vincenzo ^a   Macchiato, Maria ^b   Serio, Carmine ^c  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chaos; Dynamical systems; Earthquake prediction; Self potential time series

Indexed keywords

CHAOS; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GEOELECTRICAL PRECURSORY TIME SERIES; RANDOMNESS;

EID: 0031392421     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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