Research Article

Multivariate Joint Probability Function of Earthquake Ground Motion Prediction Equations Based on Vine Copula Approach

Table 2

Five-dimensional D-vine copula restricted with pair t copula.

CopulaFamilyPar. 1 (ρ)Par. 2 (υ)Kendall’s

T0.88195.53350.55050.55050.6875
(0.0940)(0.8112)

T0.448816.47690.01920.01920.2963
(0.0197)(6.9061)

T0.777630.00000.05790.05790.5671
(0.0079)(12.2744)

T0.808222.94070.12420.12420.5992
(0.0547)(14.2751)

T−0.056816.39740.00040.0004−0.0362
(0.0274)(6.8677)

T−0.182430.00000.00000.0000−0.1167
(0.1497)(12.9389)

T−0.127230.00000.00000.0000−0.0812
(0.2539)(11.9427)

T−0.113530.00000.00000.0000−0.0724
(0.6598)(11.2320)

T−0.146930.00000.00000.0000−0.0938
(0.6181)(13.0847)

T−0.050430.0000−0.0362
(0.0262)(15.6792)

The subscripts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 denote PSAs at 0.1, 0.2, 1, 2, and 4 sec, respectively. T denotes the pair t copula. Statistical significance at the 10% level; statistical significance at the 5% level; statistical significance at the 1% level.