Characteristics of earthquake clustering in and around Japan revealed by single-link cluster analysis

In this study,we apply the single-link cluster(SLC)method to analyze the characteristics of earth-quake clustering in Japan.Among the clustering algorithms,the SLC method is effpctive in characterizing earthquake clusters or isolated events at both global and local scales.The results indicate that link lengths for the whole investigated area in and around Japan follow negative exponential functi-onal or Gamma distribution functional increase.Besides,some difference is revealed among different areas,e.g.,link lengths in the area of the Japan Trench and the Kuril Trench are shorter than those in other areas;the densest spatial distribution of the SLC framework is also in the area of the Japan Trench and the Kuril Trench.The close investigations indicate that the a and 1/θvalues estimated respectively from the exponential function and Gamma distribution may relate to spatial clustering,which is supported by the results of the distribution of link lengths and the spatial distribution of the SLC framework in the investigated areas.

Single-Link Cluster Method to Identify Foreshocks and Aftershocks

Based on Single-Link Cluster (SLC) analysis,a new method to identify the foreshocks andaftershocks of a strong shock from the earthquake catalogue and then to form a sequencecatalogue has been proposed in this paper.In the SLC frame,there are many chains formedby links with lengths shorter than or equal to the characteristic length Lc.It is defined thatwhen some of these chains connect with a strong shock,the seismic events on such chainsfirm a sequence with the strong shock.In this sequence,the strong shock is the main shock;the events preceding the main shock are foreshocks and those following the main shock areaftershocks.By using this method,the foreshocks and aftershocks associated with the M_s7.4Haicheng earthquake and with the strong shocks of M_s≥6.0 in the top area of Kunlun-AltunArc were identified and sequence catalogues for these strong shocks were set up.

Adaptive Fuzzy Dynamic Surface Control of Flexible-Joint Robot Systems With Input Saturation

In this paper, we propose an adaptive fuzzy dynamic surface control(DSC) scheme for single-link flexible-joint robotic systems with input saturation. A smooth function is utilized with the mean-value theorem to deal with the difficulties associated with input saturation. An adaptive DSC design with an auxiliary first-order filter is used to solve the "explosion of complexity"problem. It is proved that all the signals in the closed-loop system are semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded, and the tracking error eventually converges to a small neighborhood around zero. The main advantage of the proposed method is that only one adaptation parameter needs to be updated,which reduces the computational burden significantly. Simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed scheme and the comparison results show that the improved DSC method can reduce the computational burden by almost two thirds in comparison with the standard DSC method.

Study on growing correlation length prior to the earthquakes occurred in Gansu Province and its nearby area

The growing correlation length prior to the moderate-great earthquakes occurred in Gansu Province and its nearby area since 1986 has been studied using the method of single-link cluster analysis (SLC). According to different conditions in the source area, the circular spatial window centered in the epicenter and the parallelgrammic spatial window along the fault belt have been selected. The results show that the phenomena of growing correlation length have been observed before the earthquakes studied in the paper.

SLC Analysis on Earthquake Activity in the Regions of Sichuan and Yunnan of China

Using the method of Single-link Cluster(SLC),analyzing the pattern of time sliding of SLCparameters,the earthquake activity in the western Sichuan-Yunnan of China is studiedcombining with the regional earthquake catalogue since 1970 and the tectonic background.Comparing with the high level of earthquake activity in 1970’s and the low in 1980’s,theearthquake activity is in general at the middle level in 1990’s.This paper suggests that SLCmethod,which considers the temporal and spatial relationship among earthquake events,could be adopted to analyze the trend of regional earthquake activity,it is very useful forstudying seismic activity.