A comprehensive framework for evaluating time to event predictions using the restricted mean survival time

Ariane Cwiling, Vittorio Perduca and Olivier Bouaziz

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 2025, vol. 52, issue 2, 658-690

Abstract: The restricted mean survival time (RMST) is a widely used quantity in survival analysis due to its straightforward interpretation. For instance, predicting the time to event based on patient attributes is of great interest when analyzing medical data. In this paper, we propose a novel framework for evaluating RMST estimations. A criterion that estimates the mean squared error of an RMST estimator using Inverse Probability Censoring Weighting (IPCW) is presented. A model‐agnostic conformal algorithm adapted to right‐censored data is also introduced to compute prediction intervals and to evaluate local variable importance. Finally, a model‐agnostic statistical test is developed to assess global variable importance. Our framework is valid for any RMST estimator that is asymptotically convergent and works under model misspecification.

Date: 2025
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