The entropy score and its uses in earthquake forecasting

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 1229-1253

  Harte, David ^a   Vere Jones, David ^b  

^a Statistics Research Associates   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquake forecasts; Entropy score; Probability forecasts

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION;

EID: 20344380428     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2667-2     Document Type: Article

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