arXiv Machine Learning July 23, 2026 By Rafael da Silva, Danilo Alvares

The C-index illusion: discrimination without calibration in published survival models

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arXiv:2607. 19526v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: "Stop Chasing the C-index when Evaluating Survival Analysis Models" (ICML 2026, Spotlight) argued normatively, on synthetic data, that evaluating survival models by discrimination alone, i.

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