Tsioulou, A;
Galasso, C;
(2018)
Information theory measures for the engineering validation of ground-motion simulations.
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
, 47
(4)
pp. 1095-1104.
10.1002/eqe.3015.
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Abstract
This short communication introduces a quantitative approach for the engineering validation of ground-motion simulations based on information theory concepts and statistical hypothesis testing. Specifically, we use the Kullback-Leibler divergence to measure the similarity of the probability distributions of recorded and simulated ground-motion intensity measures (IMs). We demonstrate the application of the proposed validation approach to ground-motion simulations computed by using a variety of methods, including Graves and Pitarka hybrid broadband, the deterministic composite source model, and a stochastic white noise finite-fault model. Ground-motion IMs, acting as proxies for the (nonlinear) seismic response of more complex engineered systems, are considered herein to validate the considered ground-motion simulation methods. The list of considered IMs includes both spectral-shape and duration-related proxies, shown to be the optimal IMs in several probabilistic seismic demand models of different structural types, within the framework of performance-based earthquake engineering. The proposed validation exercise (1) can highlight the similarities and differences between simulated and recorded ground motions for a given simulation method and/or (2) allow the ranking of the performance of alternative simulation methods. The similarities between records and simulations should provide confidence in using the simulation method for engineering applications, while the discrepancies should help in improving the tested method for the generation of synthetic records.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Information theory measures for the engineering validation of ground-motion simulations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/eqe.3015 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3015 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2018 The Authors Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | ground-motion simulations; relative entropy; SCEC Broadband Platform (BBP); spectral-shape and duration-related IMs |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10045263 |
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