Uncertainty Analysis and Expert Judgment in Seismic Hazard Analysis

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 27-53

  Klügel, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a NPP Goesgen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA DRIVEN; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EXPERT JUDGMENT; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY METHODS; PROBABILITY MODELS; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; STATE OF THE ART; SWITZERLAND; UNCERTAINTY MODELS; WAVE FORMS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

DECISION THEORY; HAZARDS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MODELING; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NEVADA; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 79953023836     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0155-4     Document Type: Review

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