GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT AND EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION RESEARCH

V.Gitis (Institute for Information Transmission Problems, RAS, B. Karetny Lane., 19, Moscow, GSP-4, 101447 Russia)

Geoinformation technology named GEO provides efficient intelligent support in sophisticated geological and environmental applications such as seismic hazard assessment, earthquake prediction, environmental zonation, mineral, oil and gas exploration etc. Solution of these problems needs to process a wide range of space-time data and expert knowledge in order to find an empirical regularity as the basis for forecasting. The technology implemented in GEO integrates the GIS with artificial intelligence technologies. GEO supports two types of forecasting problems: static and dynamic forecasting. In the static forecasting some properties of geological medium or environment not depending on time are predicted. In the dynamic forecasting the time of occurrence of some catastrophic event have to be predicted. Examples of application on seismic hazard assessment and earthquake prediction are discussed.