Bayesian inference on earthquake size distribution: A case study in Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 349-363

  Faenza, Licia ^a   Meletti, Carlo ^a   Sandri, Laura ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRIORI; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; DIFFERENT SLOPES; EARTHQUAKE SIZE; EARTHQUAKE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL CATALOG; HISTORICAL DATA; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER LAW; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; POWER-LAW BEHAVIOR; REFERENCE MODELS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SOURCE ZONE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; INFERENCE ENGINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

HAZARDS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ITALY;

EID: 75649094891     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090054     Document Type: Article

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