Bootstrap determination of the reliability of b-values: An assessment of statistical estimators with synthetic magnitude series

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 443-459

  Bengoubou Valérius, Mendy ^a   Gibert, Dominique ^b  

^a Bureau de Recherche Géologiques et Minières Guadeloupe   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

b values; Bootstrap; Earthquake series; Power law

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POWER LAW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870840444     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0376-1     Document Type: Article

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