Challenges of Building Logic Trees for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1723-1735

  Bommer, Julian J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; HAZARDS; MOTION ESTIMATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS LOGIC; CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION; CURRENT PRACTICES; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; GROUND MOTION PREDICTION; LOGIC TREE; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; SEISMIC GROUND; SEISMIC SOURCE; SOURCE MOTION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84886095505     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.4000079     Document Type: Article

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