On the validation of earthquake-forecasting models: The case of pattern recognition algorithms

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1994-2004

  Marzocchi, Warner ^a   Sandri, Laura ^a   Boschi, Enzo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTHQUAKES; FORECASTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EARTHQUAKE FORECASTING;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0442313033     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020186     Document Type: Article

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