Earthquake catalogues and modelling strategies. A new testing procedure for the comparison between competing models

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-269

  Grandori, G ^a   Guagenti, E ^a   Petrini, Lorenza ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Peak ground acceleration; Probability generator; Return period; Statistical validation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 33750452319     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-006-9015-1     Document Type: Article

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