Locating earthquakes and underground nuclear explosions using applied optimization

• Main Author: Ding, William Si Hao
• Other Authors: Tong Ping
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Mathematics::Applied mathematics::Optimization
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76211
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Earthquakes are prevalent around the world. With the possibility of recurrent earthquakes damag- ing settlements and properties, it is of paramount importance for governments to know the location of earthquakes for future urban planning. This research designs an algorithm using the basic ray tracing...