?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fepisodesplatform.eu%2Feprints%2F1321%2F&rft.title=Flaw+in+the+EPRI+Procedure+%0A+for+the+Maximum+Earthquake+Magnitude+Estimation+%0A+and+its+Correction&rft.creator=Kijko%2C+Andrzej&rft.subject=Source+size+distribution&rft.subject=Source+effect&rft.description=It+has+been+shown+that+the+EPRI%2C+Bayesian+procedure+for+the+estimation+of+the+regional%2C++maximum++possible++earthquake++magnitude++m_max+%2C++(Cornell%2C++1994%3B++EPRI++NP-%0A4726)%2C+provides+value+of+m%5E_max%2C+which+is+biased+and+systematically+underestimated.+The+value+of+underestimation+can+be+as+big+as+0.5+unit+of+magnitude.+The+bias+is+caused+by+the+fact+that+one+of+the+components+of+the+posterior+likelihood+function+is+the+sample+likelihood++function%2C++for++which%2C++the++range++of++observations++(earthquake++magnitudes)+depends+on+the+unknown+parameter+m+max+.+Such+dependence+violates+the+rule+of+optimal+properties+of+the+maximum+likelihood+estimators%3A+so+the+built+likelihood+function+has+its+maximum++at++the++maximum++observed++earthquake++magnitude++obs_m_max%2C++not++at++required+%0Amaximum+possible+magnitude+m+max.+A+possible+correction+to+the+current+EPRI+procedure+%0Ais+also+presented.&rft.publisher=None&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Reports&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Kijko%2C+Andrzej++(2009)+Flaw+in+the+EPRI+Procedure+for+the+Maximum+Earthquake+Magnitude+Estimation+and+its+Correction.++Documentation.+None%2C+Africa.++++(Unpublished)++