Earthquake Prediction: A MLP & SVM Comparison
D.A. van den Akker (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Elvin Isufi – Mentor (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)
Maosheng Yang – Mentor (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)
Mohammad Sabbaqi – Mentor (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)
DMJ Tax – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Pattern Recognition and Bioinformatics)
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Abstract
Multi-Layer Perceptron and Support Vector Machine have both been widely used in machine learning. In this research paper, these models have been applied to binary classification on an individual time series basis. The goal was to see whether they can predict earthquakes, using earthquakes measured at specific stations across New Zealand. As it turns out, both models serve as satisfactory classifiers. However, their performances are dependent on the stations the data was accumulated from.