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Professor Feigelson has given a very lucid survey of the current use of survival analysis methods in the astronomical literature, as well as pointing to a number of interesting areas for potential methodological research.
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Feigelson, E.D., Babu, G.J. (1992). Discussion by P.J. Bickel and Y. Ritov. In: Feigelson, E.D., Babu, G.J. (eds) Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9290-3_25
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