Bayesian inversion for finite fault earthquake source models I-theory and algorithm

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1701-1726

  Minson, S E ^a   Simons, M ^a   Beck, J L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Inverse theory; Probability distributions

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; BAYESIAN TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGIES; COMPUTING FRAMEWORKS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE MODELS; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS; INVERSE THEORY; METROPOLIS ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; INFERENCE ENGINES; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FAULTING;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; INVERSE PROBLEM; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 84882702885     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt180     Document Type: Article

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