An unsupervised learning algorithm: application to the discrimination of seismic events and quarry blasts in the vicinity of Istanbul

The results of the application of an unsupervised learning (neural network) approach comprising a Self Organizing Map (SOM), to distinguish micro-earthquakes from quarry blasts in the vicinity of Istanbul, Turkey, are presented and discussed. The SOM is constructed as a neural classifier and complem...

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Main Authors: H. S. Kuyuk, E. Yildirim, E. Dogan, G. Horasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/11/93/2011/nhess-11-93-2011.pdf