Interpretable Mean Residual Life Framework for Survival Rule Induction from Right-Censored Data: Methodology with Biostatistical Applications
Survival-rule induction is commonly guided by log-rank separation, whereas some prognostic questions target conditional future lifetime. We propose a directional finite-horizon mean residual life (MRL) criterion for survival-rule induction under right censoring, combining normalized subgroup support with a survival-wei...