?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Guidelines+for+the+empirical+vulnerability+assessment&rft.creator=Rossetto%2C+T&rft.creator=Ioannou%2C+I&rft.creator=Grant%2C+DN&rft.creator=Maqsood%2C+T&rft.description=These+Guidelines+provide+state-of-the-art+guidance+on+the+construction+of+vulnerability+relationships+from+post-earthquake+survey+data.+The+Guidelines+build+on+and+extend+procedures+for+empirical+fragility+and+vulnerability+curve+construction+found+in+the+literature%2C+and+present+a+flexible+framework+for+the+construction+of+these+relationships+that+allows+for+a+number+of+curve-fitting+methods+and+ground+motion+intensity+measure+types+(IMTs)+to+be+adopted.+The+philosophy+behind+the+design+of+the+framework+is+that+the+characteristics+of+the+data+should+determine+the+most+appropriate+statistical+model+and+intensity+measure+type+used+to+represent+them.+Hence%2C+several+combinations+of+these+must+be+trialled+in+the+determination+of+an+optimum+fragility+or+vulnerability+curve%2C+where+the+optimum+curve+is+defined+by+the+statistical+model+that+provides+the+best+fit+to+the+data+as+determined+by+a+number+of+goodness-of-fit+tests.+The+Guidelines+are+essentially+a+roadmap+for+the+process%2C+providing+recommendations+and+help+in+deciding+which+statistical+model+to+attempt%2C+and+promote+trialling+of+models+and+IMTs.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+Guidelines+are+targeted+at+analysts+with+Master%E2%80%99s+level+training+in+a+numerate+subject+that+includes+some+level+of+statistics.+The+Authors+recognise+that+the+statistical+analysis+understanding+of+analysts+varies.+To+accommodate+for+these+differences%2C+two+levels+of+statistical+approaches+for+constructing+empirical+fragility+functions+that+include+procedures+of+increasing+complexity%2C+are+proposed.%0D%0A%0D%0AAll+stages+of+the+fragility+and+vulnerability+curve+construction+are+reviewed+and+presented+in+the+Guidelines+with+practical+advice+given+for+the+preparation+of+empirical+data+for+use+in+the+construction+of+these+curves%2C+for+the+identification+of+sources+of+uncertainty+in+the+data+and+in+the+chosen+intensity+measures%2C+and+where+possible%2C+for+uncertainty+quantification+and+modelling.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo+facilitate+adoption+of+the+Guidelines%2C+the+code+and+commands+required+for+the+implementation+of+the+described+statistical+models+are+provided+for+the+open+source+software+R+(2008).+Appendices+B+to+G+also+provide+example+applications+of+the+guidelines%2C+where+each+step+of+the+guideline+is+illustrated+for+empirical+datasets+deriving+from+the+1980+Irpinia%2C+Italy%2C+earthquake%2C+the+1978+Thessaloniki%2C+Greece%2C+Earthquake%2C+the+1989+Newcastle+and+2010+Kalgoorlie%2C+Australia%2C+earthquakes+and+for+two+earthquakes+that+affected+the+town+of+Christchurch+New+Zealand+in+2010+and+2011.+The+fragility+and+vulnerability+curves+developed+from+these+applications+are+all+presented+using+a+reporting+template+(presented+in+Appendix+A)+designed+to+facilitate+the+evaluation+and+inclusion+of+empirical+fragility+curves+derived+using+these+Guidelines+into+the+Global+Earthquake+Model+(GEM).&rft.subject=Empirical+vulnerability%3B+empirical+fragility%3B+post-earthquake+survey%3B+uncertainty%3B+model+fitting&rft.publisher=GEM+Foundation&rft.date=2014-03-02&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(GEM+Technical+Report+++).+GEM+Foundation%3A+Pavia%2C+Italy.+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1449624%2F1%2FRossetto_ULN-MOD-Empirical-vulnerability-201411-v01.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1449624%2F&rft.rights=open