Praise for the First Edition "An indispensable addition to any serious collection on lifetimedata analysis and . . . a valuable contribution to the statisticalliterature. Highly recommended . . ." -Choice "This is an important book, which will appeal to statisticiansworking on survival analysis problems." -Biometrics "A thorough, unified treatment of statistical models and methodsused in the analysis of lifetime data . . . this is a highlycompetent and agreeable statistical textbook." -Statistics in Medicine The statistical analysis of lifetime or response time data is a keytool in engineering, medicine, and many other scientific andtechnological areas. This book provides a unified treatment of themodels and statistical methods used to analyze lifetime data. Equally useful as a reference for individuals interested in theanalysis of lifetime data and as a text for advanced students,Statistical Models and Methods for Lifetime Data, Second Editionprovides broad coverage of the area without concentrating on anysingle field of application. Extensive illustrations and examplesdrawn from engineering and the biomedical sciences provide readerswith a clear understanding of key concepts. New and expanded coverage in this edition includes: * Observation schemes for lifetime data * Multiple failure modes * Counting process-martingale tools * Both special lifetime data and general optimizationsoftware * Mixture models * Treatment of interval-censored and truncated data * Multivariate lifetimes and event history models * Resampling and simulation methodology