Analysis of Time of Occurrence of Earthquakes: A Functional Data Approach

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 695-719

  Quintela del Rio A ^a   Ferraty, F ^b   Vieu, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Conditional density; Conditional hazard; Earthquakes; Functional data; Inter event times; Nonparametric estimation

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL DENSITY; CONDITIONAL HAZARD; FUNCTIONAL DATAS; INTER-EVENT TIMES; NON-PARAMETRIC ESTIMATIONS;

DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; RISK PERCEPTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEOSTATISTICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961027468     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-011-9349-2     Document Type: Article

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