Scenario -- Survival distributions -- Continuous time-parametric inference -- Continuous time: non-and semi-parametric methods -- Discrete time -- Multivariate data and distributions -- Some models and methods -- Frailly, random effects, and copulas -- Repeated measures -- Recurrent events -- Multi-state processes -- Continuous failure times and their causes -- Continuous time: parametric inference -- Latent lifetimes -- Continuous time: non-and semi-parametric methods -- Latent lifetimes: identity friability crises -- Some basic concepts -- Survival analysis -- Non and semi-parametric methods -- Terms, notations, and abbreviations -- Basic likelihood methods -- Some theory for partial likelihood -- Numerical optimization of functions -- References -- Epilogue to first edition -- Index

1. Failure time data analysis
2. Competing risks
3. Multivariate analysis
4. MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General.