Modeling ground motion in Mexico City using artificial neural networks

After the September 1985 earthquakes in Mexico City, many strong motion instruments were laid down throughout the Valley of Mexico. Since then, a wealth of valuable information has been gathered. This has provided an excellent opportunity to develop new analytical procedures based on knowledge-based...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: García, Silvia R., Romo, Miguel P., Sarmiento, Neftalí
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Geofísica Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx:article/883
Acceso en línea:http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/883
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Movimientos de terreno
respuesta de sitio
inteligencia artificial
redes neuronales
modelado basado en aprendizaje
Ground motion
site response
artificial
Descripción
Sumario:After the September 1985 earthquakes in Mexico City, many strong motion instruments were laid down throughout the Valley of Mexico. Since then, a wealth of valuable information has been gathered. This has provided an excellent opportunity to develop new analytical procedures based on knowledge-based techniques.An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is a computational mechanism able to acquire, represent, and compute a mapping from one multivariate space of information to another, given a set of data representing that mapping. Accordingly, research aimed at developing an ANN to model the earthquake response of Mexico City soil deposits was initiated a few years ago. The resulting network that allows the computation of the response of the clayey ground is presented and discussed in this paper. It is shown that well designed networks represent a genuine alternative to analytical methods.