Engineering seismology is the link between earth sciences and engineering. The main input
of engineering seismology in engineering design are loading conditions which must satisfy …

This chapter discusses the innovations of additional flexible methods for modeling an
individual term in an additive model. It focuses on how we fit additive models. A general and …

In regression analysis the response variable Y and the predictor variables X 1…, Xp are
often replaced by functions θ (Y) and Ø1 (X 1),…, Ø p (Xp). We discuss a procedure for …

Bayesian methods are a powerful tool in many areas of science and engineering, especially
statistical physics, medical sciences, electrical engineering, and information sciences. They …

We present a model for estimating horizontal ground motion amplitudes caused by shallow
crustal earthquakes occurring in active tectonic environments. The model provides …

In this paper we summarize our recently-published work on estimating horizontal response
spectra and peak acceleration for shallow earthquakes in western North America. Although …

This article presents equations for the estimation of horizontal strong ground motions caused
by shallow crustal earthquakes with magnitudes M w≥ 5 and distance to the surface …

A consistent set of empirical attenuation relationships is presented for predicting free-field
horizontal and vertical components of peak ground acceleration (PGA), peak ground velocity …

We have derived equations for predicting the larger horizontal and the random horizontal
component of peak acceleration and of 2-, 5-, 10-, and 20-percent-damped pseudovelocity …

We introduce a new computational method for implementing Brillinger and Preisler's (1984,
1985) one-stage maximum-likelihood analysis of strong-motion data. We also reexamine …