Estimation of Radon as an Earthquake Precursor: A Neural Network Approach

Authors

  • Dhawal Gupta
     Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz-Khas, New Delhi - 110 016
  • D. T. Shahani
     Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz-Khas, New Delhi - 110 016

Keywords:

Modeling, Prediction, Neural Network, Radon Precursor.

Abstract

An artificial neural networks (ANN) approach combined with Fourier Transform based selection of time period in the time series Radon Emission Data has been presented and shown to improve event prediction rates and reduce false alarms in Earthquake Event Identification over the traditional multiple linear regression techniques. The paper presents a neural networks system using radial basis function (RBF) network as an alternative to traditional statistical regression technique in isolating Radon Emission Anomaly caused by seismic activities. The RBF model has been developed to accept and predict earthquakes events based on a known data set of Radon Emanation, Metrological parameters and actual earthquake events. Subsequently, the model was tested and evaluated on a future data set and a prediction rate of 87.8%, if a reduced false alarm was achieved, the results obtained are better than the traditional techniques.

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Volume 78, Issue 3, September 2011

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2011-09-01

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Gupta, D., & Shahani, D. T. (2011). Estimation of Radon as an Earthquake Precursor: A Neural Network Approach. Journal of Geological Society of India, 78(3), 243–248. Retrieved from https://www.geosocindia.com/index.php/jgsi/article/view/58240

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