On the testing of seismicity models

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 624-637

  Molchan, George ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

earthquake forecasting; earthquake likelihood models; statistical seismology

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATORIES; EARTHQUAKE FORECASTING; HAZARD ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL CHARACTERISTICS; MODEL TESTING; PHASE SPACES;

PHASE SPACE METHODS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MODELING; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84860494190     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-011-0042-0     Document Type: Article

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