Quantifying the M8 prediction algorithm: Reduction to a single critical variable and stability results

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-152

  Harte, David ^a   Li, Dong Feng ^b   Vreede, Maaike ^c   Vere Jones, David ^a,d  

^a Statistics Research Associates   (New Zealand)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; M8 algorithm; Pattern recognition; Probability forecasts; Spatial temporal predictor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; SEISMOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037593989     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2003.9515001     Document Type: Article

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