Scoring and Testing Procedures Devoted to Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 269-293

  Albarello, Dario ^a   D’Amico, Vera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Probability; PSHA; Seismic hazard; Seismology; Testing

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL - COMPARISONS; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PSHA; SEISMIC GROUND MOTIONS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS;

HAZARDS;

EID: 84925511408     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: 15730956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-015-9316-4     Document Type: Review

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