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Milad Kowsari - Research Specialist
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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Milad Kowsari
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Research Specialist
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VR-2 / V02-431
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milad [at] hi.is
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Earthquake Engineering Research Centre
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4331-4021
Research portal – Milad Kowsari
Published works
2024
A simplified seismicity model of the bookshelf fault system of the Southwest Iceland transform zone
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Uncertainty and sensitivity assessments on the inputs of probabilistic seismic hazard assessment
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
2023
Bayesian Modeling in Engineering Seismology: Ground-Motion Models
2022
On the Establishment of Physics-based Finite-fault Earthquake Source Models of the Transform Zones of Iceland
A provisional seismic source zonation of Iceland for the ESHM20 based on new physics-based bookshelf fault system models and a new revised earthquake catalogue
Preparation of Finite-fault Earthquake Catalogues Enabling Physics-based PSHA in Southwest Iceland
On the Effects of Ground Motion Model Epistemic Uncertainties on Site-specific Hazard Curves in Iceland
Simulation of finite-fault earthquake catalogues for Monte Carlo hazard assessment
On the validation of CyberShake in the Southwest Iceland Transform Zone Earthquakes
New ground motion models for the extreme near-fault region of strike-slip earthquakes
Toward Knowledge Extraction in Classification of Volcano-Seismic Events
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
A new 3-D finite-fault model of the Southwest Iceland bookshelf transform zone
Geophysical Journal International
A backbone seismic ground motion model for strike-slip earthquakes in Southwest Iceland and its implications for near- and far-field PSHA
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
The implications of the new European Seismic Hazard Model 2020 for Iceland
Towards a physics-based fault system model for the Tjörnes Fracture Zone
A new physics-based fault system model for the Southwest Iceland bookshelf zone
2021
Estimation of the Epistemic Uncertainty in Ground Motion Models for South Iceland Seismic Zone Earthquakes
Cargo flow analysis by mutual information analysis
Mutual information analysis of the factors influencing port throughput
Maritime Business Review
A near-fault probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Yasouj, located in the Kazerun fault system, southwest Iran
Natural Hazards
Effects of different empirical ground motion models on seismic hazard maps for North Iceland
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
A model for port throughput forecasting using Bayesian estimation
Maritime Economics and Logistics
Estimating the maximum earthquake magnitude in the Iranian Plateau
Journal of Seismology
A backbone probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for the North Tehran Fault scenario
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
An Artificial Neural Network for Predicting the Near-fault Directivity-pulse Period
Journal of Earthquake Engineering
Ranking of ground-motion models (Gmms) for use in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for iran based on an independent data set
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
2020
Mutual information analysis of the factors influencing port throughput
Maritime Business Review
Capturing epistemic uncertainty in the Iranian strong-motion data on the basis of backbone ground motion models
Journal of Seismology
Comparison of seismicity parameters from various earthquake catalogues for Iceland
Mutual information analysis of the factors influencing port throughput
Maritime Business Review
Bayesian inference of empirical ground motion models to pseudo-spectral accelerations of south Iceland seismic zone earthquakes based on informative priors
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Mutual information analysis of the factors influencing port throughput
Maritime Business Review
Bayesian inference of empirical ground motion models to pseudo-spectral accelerations of south Iceland seismic zone earthquakes based on informative priors
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
2019
Sensitivity Analysis of Seismicity Parameters and Ground Motion Models used in PSHA to its Input Assumptions: A Case Study of Húsavík, North Iceland
Selection of earthquake ground motion models using the deviance information criterion
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Quantifying Seismicity Parameter Uncertainties and Their Effects on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
Pure and Applied Geophysics
Calibration of ground motion models to Icelandic peak ground acceleration data using Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
ON THE SCALING OF EARTHQUAKE STRONG-MOTION IN NORTH ICELAND.
NORTHQUAKE 2019
On the manifestation of ground motion model differences on seismic Hazard sensitivity in North Iceland
2018
Sensitivity Analysis Of Earthquake Hazard In Húsavík, North Iceland From Variable Seismicity And Ground Motion Model
Exploratory Bayesian Analysis of Ground-Motion Models for Spectral Accelerations in Iceland.
16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering
2017
On the Selection of Ground-Motion Prediction Equations for Seismic Hazard Assessment in the South Iceland Seismic Zone
16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
A probabilistic procedure for scenario-based seismic hazard maps of Greater Tehran
Engineering Geology
On Maximum Earthquake Scenarios of the Tjornes Fracture Zone, North Iceland for Seismic Hazard Assessment
On the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Estimate for Húsavík, North Iceland on the basis of Monte Carlo Methods
2016
On the Sensitivity of Ground-Motion Prediction Equations for Earthquake Strong-motions in the South Iceland Seismic Zone
Development of a regional attenuation relationship for Alborz, Iran
Journal of the Earth and Space Physics
On the Sensitivity of Seismic Hazard Estimates for North Iceland on the basis of Monte Carlo Methods
2014
Seismicity and seismic hazard assessment for greater Tehran region using Gumbel first asymptotic distribution
Structural Engineering and Mechanics
2013
Earthquake ground-motion prediction equations for northern Iran
Natural Hazards
Bayesian estimation of seismic hazards in Iran
Scientia Iranica
2011
Statistical prediction of the sequence of large earthquakes in Iran
International Journal of Engineering, Transactions B: Applications
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