Bias in fitting the ETAS model: A case study based on New Zealand seismicity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 390-412

  Harte, D S ^a  

^a Statistics Research Associates   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquake interaction; Forecasting, and prediction; Probabilistic forecasting; Spatial analysis; Statistical Seismology

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING;

AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE; BACKGROUND COMPONENTS; MODEL DESCRIPTION; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING; SPACE-TIME REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DENSITIES; STATISTICAL SEISMOLOGIES;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER LAW; PROBABILITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84875246401     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs026     Document Type: Article

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