An exploration of the nature of the scatter in ground-motion prediction equations and the implications for seismic hazard assessment

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue SPEC. 1, 2003, Pages 171-199

  Restrepo Velez, Luis F ^a   Bommer, Julian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covariance; Lognormal distribution; PSHA; Residuals; Scatter; Strong motion; Upper limit lognormal (ULLN) distribution

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCATTERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 0038150193     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363246903001000     Document Type: Review

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