Estimation of peak ground accelerations for Mexican subduction zone earthquakes using neural networks

An extensive analysis of the strong ground motion Mexican data base was conducted using Soft Computing (SC) techniques. A Neural Network NN is used to estimate both orthogonal components of the horizontal (PGAh) and vertical (PGAv) peak ground accelerations measured at rock sites during Mexican subduction zone earthquakes. The work discusses the development, training, and testing of this neural model. Attenuation phenomenon was characterized in terms of magnitude, epicentral distance and focal depth. Neural approximators were used instead of traditional regression techniques due to their flexibility to deal with uncertainty and noise. NN predictions follow closely measured responses exhibiting forecasting capabilities better than those of most established attenuation relations for the Mexican subduction zone. Assessment of the NN, was also applied to subduction zones in Japan and North America. For the database used in this paper the NN and the-better-fitted- regression approach residuals are compared.

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Main Authors: García,Silvia R., Romo,Miguel P., Mayoral,Juan M.
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica 2007
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0016-71692007000100003
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spelling oai:scielo:S0016-716920070001000032007-09-14Estimation of peak ground accelerations for Mexican subduction zone earthquakes using neural networksGarcía,Silvia R.Romo,Miguel P.Mayoral,Juan M. Neuronal network subduction PGA's attenuation An extensive analysis of the strong ground motion Mexican data base was conducted using Soft Computing (SC) techniques. A Neural Network NN is used to estimate both orthogonal components of the horizontal (PGAh) and vertical (PGAv) peak ground accelerations measured at rock sites during Mexican subduction zone earthquakes. The work discusses the development, training, and testing of this neural model. Attenuation phenomenon was characterized in terms of magnitude, epicentral distance and focal depth. Neural approximators were used instead of traditional regression techniques due to their flexibility to deal with uncertainty and noise. NN predictions follow closely measured responses exhibiting forecasting capabilities better than those of most established attenuation relations for the Mexican subduction zone. Assessment of the NN, was also applied to subduction zones in Japan and North America. For the database used in this paper the NN and the-better-fitted- regression approach residuals are compared.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de GeofísicaGeofísica internacional v.46 n.1 20072007-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0016-71692007000100003en
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author García,Silvia R.
Romo,Miguel P.
Mayoral,Juan M.
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Romo,Miguel P.
Mayoral,Juan M.
Estimation of peak ground accelerations for Mexican subduction zone earthquakes using neural networks
author_facet García,Silvia R.
Romo,Miguel P.
Mayoral,Juan M.
author_sort García,Silvia R.
title Estimation of peak ground accelerations for Mexican subduction zone earthquakes using neural networks
title_short Estimation of peak ground accelerations for Mexican subduction zone earthquakes using neural networks
title_full Estimation of peak ground accelerations for Mexican subduction zone earthquakes using neural networks
title_fullStr Estimation of peak ground accelerations for Mexican subduction zone earthquakes using neural networks
title_full_unstemmed Estimation of peak ground accelerations for Mexican subduction zone earthquakes using neural networks
title_sort estimation of peak ground accelerations for mexican subduction zone earthquakes using neural networks
description An extensive analysis of the strong ground motion Mexican data base was conducted using Soft Computing (SC) techniques. A Neural Network NN is used to estimate both orthogonal components of the horizontal (PGAh) and vertical (PGAv) peak ground accelerations measured at rock sites during Mexican subduction zone earthquakes. The work discusses the development, training, and testing of this neural model. Attenuation phenomenon was characterized in terms of magnitude, epicentral distance and focal depth. Neural approximators were used instead of traditional regression techniques due to their flexibility to deal with uncertainty and noise. NN predictions follow closely measured responses exhibiting forecasting capabilities better than those of most established attenuation relations for the Mexican subduction zone. Assessment of the NN, was also applied to subduction zones in Japan and North America. For the database used in this paper the NN and the-better-fitted- regression approach residuals are compared.
publisher Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica
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