Truncation of the distribution of ground-motion residuals

Fleur O. Strasser1, Julian J. Bommer1, Norman A. Abrahamson2
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
2Pacific Gas and Electric, San Francisco, CA, USA

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