Application of universal kriging for estimation of earthquake ground motion: Statistical significance of results |
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| Authors: | James R Carr and Kevin P Roberts |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, 89557 Reno, Nevada |
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| Abstract: | Universal kriging is compared with ordinary kriging for estimation of earthquake ground motion. Ordinary kriging is based on a stationary random function model; universal kriging is based on a nonstationary random function model representing first-order drift. Accuracy of universal kriging is compared with that for ordinary kriging; cross-validation is used as the basis for comparison. Hypothesis testing on these results shows that accuracy obtained using universal kriging is not significantly different from accuracy obtained using ordinary kriging. Tests based on normal distribution assumptions are applied to errors measured in the cross-validation procedure;t andF tests reveal no evidence to suggest universal and ordinary kriging are different for estimation of earthquake ground motion. Nonparametric hypothesis tests applied to these errors and jackknife statistics yield the same conclusion: universal and ordinary kriging are not significantly different for this application as determined by a cross-validation procedure. These results are based on application to four independent data sets (four different seismic events). |
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| Keywords: | Universal kriging ordinary kriging cross-validation earthquake ground motion t andF tests Mann-Whitney tests jackknife statistics |
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