The use and misuse of logic trees in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 997-1009

  Bommer, Julian J ^a   Scherbaum, Frank ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DESIGN GROUND MOTION; ENGINEERING DESIGN; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; GROUND MOTIONS; LOGIC TREE; MEAN VALUES; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIODS;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LOGISTICS; PROBABILITY; RETURN PERIOD; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 58049108301     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2977755     Document Type: Article

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