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Precision estimate on multi-fractal calculation of spatial distribution for earthquake dispersion and point sets

ZHU Ling-ren, LONG Hai-ying   

  1. Seismological Bureau of Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, Urumchi 830011, China
  • Received:1999-12-06 Revised:2000-01-12 Online:2000-07-31 Published:2022-09-30

Abstract: Earthquake is a non-line phenomenon, so many seismologists calculate the fractal dimension of seismic distribution. However, the precision of calculation method is uncertain. Because the space-time distribution of earthquakes is characteristics of limitation, dispersion and point sets, we use the digital simulation of theory models of two-dimension double-rule Contor sets to estimate its precision (or error),and to judge some methods good or not. From the theory models simulated digitally,we obtained some results.① As the samples increasing, the precision of several methods is increasing.② The error of the fixed radius method (RAD) is too big,while ones of the fixed mass method (MAS) and the minimal spanning tree method (MST) is smaller.③ When the numbers of samples are more than 200,the calculation precision of MAS and MST is around 0.05.

Key words: Multi-fractal, Precision, Theory model, Numbers of samples

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