Although my title refers specifically to earthquake sequences, I would like to use this topic to illustrate some aspects of a more general theme, the roleof stochastic models in a science such as geophysics. One reason for pursuing such generalities, even at a Conference where I know the main interest will be on new discoveries and techniques, is a concern that the role of stochastic models is ...

The adaptive and automated analysis of spectral data plays an important role in many areas of research such as physics, astronomy and geophysics, chemistry, bioinformatics, biochemistry, engineering, and others. The amount of data may range from several billion samples in geophysics to only a few in medical applications. Further, a vectorial representation of spectra typically leads to huge-dim...

1 , D. T. Blewett 2 , B. R. Hawke 3 , and N. C. Richmond 4 , 1 Dept. of Geology and Planetary Science, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA, [email protected]; 2 NovaSol, 733 Bishop St., 28th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA, [email protected]; 3 Hawaii Inst. of Geophysics and Planetology, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA; 4 Inst. of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps In...