An outgrowth of the International Conference on Statistical Models for Biomedical and Technical Systems, this book is comprised of contributions from renowned experts. These contributions demonstrate the significance of current research on the theory, methods, and applications of statistical models and methods. The chapters, which deal primarily with the mathematical aspects of survival analysis and reliability, consist of a selection of invited and contributed papers reflecting recent developments in these areas. Readers discover many real-world applications of epidemiology, aging, survival analysis, and modeling in the biosciences and medicine. The book is useful to a broad interdisciplinary readership in applied probability and statistics, industrial statistics, biomedicine, biostatistics, and applied reliability.