Chapter title |
Self-Optimized Computational Method Calculating Robust b Values for Earthquake Catalogs Containing Small Number of Events
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Chapter number | 24 |
Book title |
GeNeDis 2016
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-56246-9_24 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-956245-2, 978-3-31-956246-9
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Authors |
Konstantinos Arvanitakis, Romanos Kalamatianos, Markos Avlonitis |
Abstract |
In the Gutenberg-Richter relation that describes the frequency-magnitude distribution of earthquakes, the b value represents the distribution's slope. Since b values can be used for mapping the dynamic response of earthquake source, methodologies for calculating robust b values are of great importance. Although nowadays software which is meant for statistical analysis of earthquake data can determine b values with high accuracy, in occasions where catalogs that contain small number of earthquake events, the produced results are not satisfactory. In this paper we present a new self-optimized algorithm for a more efficient calculation of the b value. The algorithm's results are compared with two widely known software for statistical analysis of earthquake data, showing a better performance in evaluating b values for earthquake catalogs containing small number of events. |
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