@article{Stafford:2015:10.1007/978-3-319-16964-4_4,
author = {Stafford, PJ},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-16964-4_4},
journal = {Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering},
pages = {97--128},
title = {Variability and uncertainty in empirical ground-motion prediction for probabilistic hazard and risk analyses},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16964-4_4},
volume = {39},
year = {2015}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - © The Author(s) 2015. The terms aleatory variability and epistemic uncertainty mean different things to people who routinely use them within the fields of seismic hazard and risk analysis. This state is not helped by the repetition of loosely framed generic definitions that actually inaccurate. The present paper takes a closer look at the components of total uncertainty that contribute to ground-motion modelling in hazard and risk applications. The sources and nature of uncertainty are discussed and it is shown that the common approach to deciding what should be included within hazard and risk integrals and what should be pushed into logic tree formulations warrants reconsideration. In addition, it is shown that current approaches to the generation of random fields of ground motions for spatial risk analyses are incorrect and a more appropriate framework is presented.
AU  - Stafford,PJ
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-319-16964-4_4
EP  - 128
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1573-6059
SP  - 97
TI  - Variability and uncertainty in empirical ground-motion prediction for probabilistic hazard and risk analyses
T2  - Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16964-4_4
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/26667
VL  - 39
ER  - 

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