@article{epos1334,
          volume = {29},
          number = {3},
           month = {October},
          author = {John Douglas and Hideo Aochi},
           title = {A Survey of Techniques for Predicting Earthquake Ground Motions for Engineering Purposes},
       publisher = {Springer Verlag},
            year = {2008},
         journal = {Surveys in Geophysics},
           pages = {187--220},
        keywords = {Earthquake, Earthquake scenario, Seismic hazard assessment,
Strong ground motion, Ground-motion prediction},
             url = {https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/1334/},
        abstract = {Over the past four or ?ve decades many advances have been made in earthquake ground-motion prediction and a variety of procedures have been proposed. Some of
these procedures are based on explicit physical models of the earthquake source, travelpath and recording site while others lack a strong physical basis and seek only to replicate
observations. In addition, there are a number of hybrid methods that seek to combine
bene?ts of different approaches. The various techniques proposed have their adherents and
some of them are extensively used to estimate ground motions for engineering design
purposes and in seismic hazard research. These methods all have their own advantages and
limitations that are not often discussed by their proponents. The purposes of this article are
to: summarise existing methods and the most important references, provide a family tree
showing the connections between different methods and, most importantly, to discuss the
advantages and disadvantages of each method.}
}