Wb. Han et We. Wang, STUDIES OF THE CHANGE RATES OF CAPACITY DIMENSION AND INFORMATION DIMENSION AND EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION IN 11 SEISMIC ZONES OF SICHUAN-YUNNANAREA, Fractals, 3(1), 1995, pp. 105-112
In this paper, temporal curves of capacity dimension D-0 and informati
on dimension D-1 are calculated with time window of one year and slidi
ng step of half-a-year by using data of 11 seismic zones in the Sichua
n-Yunnan area. The possibility of using the change rates of D-0 and D-
1 to predict whether an M greater than or equal to 5 earthquake will o
ccur in the next half-a-year in the seismic zone is discussed. General
ly speaking, it is possible to obtain grading values R which are diffe
rent from those of random prediction. It is demonstrated that the use
of the change rates of capacity dimension and information dimension fo
r earthquake prediction has certain prospects.