Title
Using principal component analysis to improve earthquake magnitude prediction in Japan.
Abstract
Increasing attention has been paid to the prediction of earthquakes with data mining techniques during the last decade. Several works have already proposed the use of certain features serving as inputs for supervised classifiers. However, they have been successfully used without any further transformation so far. In this work, the use of principal component analysis (PCA) to reduce data dimensionality and generate new datasets is proposed. In particular, this step is inserted in a successfully already used methodology to predict earthquakes. Tokyo, one of the cities mostly threatened by large earthquakes occurrence in Japan, is studied. Several well-known classifiers combined with PCA have been used. Noticeable improvement in the results is reported.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1093/jigpal/jzx049
LOGIC JOURNAL OF THE IGPL
Keywords
Field
DocType
Earthquake prediction,principal component analysis,time series,data mining
Seismology,Magnitude (mathematics),Geology,Principal component analysis
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
25
SP6
1367-0751
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
12
Authors
5