Earthquake Prediction: Probabilistic Aspect
Geophysics
2009-11-13 v1 Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Abstract
A theoretical analysis of the earthquake prediction problem in space-time is presented. We find an explicit structure of the optimal strategy and its relation to the generalized error diagram. This study is a generalization of the theoretical results for time prediction. The possibility and simplicity of this extension is due to the choice of the class of goal functions. We also discuss issues in forecasting versus prediction, scaling laws versus predictability, and measure of prediction efficiency at the research stage.
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@article{arxiv.0802.1126,
title = {Earthquake Prediction: Probabilistic Aspect},
author = {G. Molchan and V. Keilis-Borok},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.1126},
year = {2009}
}
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21 pages, 1 figure