The General Applications Section of the Royal Statistical Society presents two talks on: “Applications of frailty models in survival and reliability” from 5pm on Tuesday 8th February. The meeting will take place at the RSS in Errol Street, London, and will be preceded by light refreshments from 4.30pm. Admission is free to all, without prior registration. A FRAILTY MODEL FOR SPATIAL VARIATION IN SURVIVAL DATA Robin Henderson (University of Lancaster) FRAILTY METHODS IN NON-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS Alan Kimber (University of Surrey) _______________________________________________________ Dr David F. Percy, Centre for Operational Research and Applied Statistics, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT. tel (0161) 295 4710, fax (0161) 295 4947 _______________________________________________________ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%