Development of the OpenQuake engine, the Global Earthquake Model's open-source software for seismic risk assessment

Natural Hazards

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1409-1427

  Silva, Vitor ^a   Crowley, Helen ^a   Pagani, Marco ^a   Monelli, Damiano ^b   Pinho, Rui ^a  

^a GEM Foundation   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Loss assessment; Open source; Seismic hazard; Seismic risk

Indexed keywords

MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84901985705     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0618-x     Document Type: Article

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