Information-theoretic selection of ground-motion prediction equations for seismic hazard analysis: An applicability study using californian data

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3248-3263

  Delavaud, Elise ^a   Scherbaum, Frank ^a   Kuehn, Nicolas ^a   Riggelsen, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICABILITY STUDY; BEST ESTIMATES; CALIFORNIA; DATA-DRIVEN; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACH; INFORMATION-THEORETIC SELECTION; INTENSITY-BASED; MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL SELECTION; REGION OF INTEREST; RELATIVE INFORMATION; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE SPECTRA; ROBUST METHODS; SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SELECTION PROCEDURES; SPECTRAL DATA; STRONG CORRELATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

HAZARDS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOLOGY;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RANKING; SEISMIC HAZARD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450200204     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090055     Document Type: Article

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