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Keep censored survival log scores and gradients stable in the tail - #459

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Censored Exponential and LogNormal log scores calculate log(1-cdf+epsilon), causing valid tail losses to plateau and become inconsistent with the gradients. At time/scale=1000, the Exponential loss is capped near 23.03 instead of 1000; a standardized LogNormal log-time of 40 is capped near 11.51 instead of 804.61.

Use the distributions' logsf and compute the LogNormal inverse Mills ratio through standard-normal logpdf-logsf. Five regression/control cases compare actual scores with SciPy log-survival values and gradients with independent erfcx/finite-difference oracles, including observed and mixed censoring inputs.

Validation on Python 3.11.15, scikit-learn 1.6.1, NumPy 2.4.6 and SciPy 1.17.1: this independent branch's regression tests and full configured pre-commit hooks pass. The unchanged upstream slow suite passes 169 tests, with 2 xfailed and 22 xpassed. A private composition of the six proposed fixes passes 201 tests with the same expected/unexpected-pass statuses; final organized regression tests pass all 32 cases and combined lint passes. The production files are identical across that integration run and the final branches; test organization was verified separately.

Implementation and tests are AI-assisted, with additional independent automated correctness/duplicate review. Numerical cases use synthetic fixtures and analytic/SciPy oracles. Hosted CI and maintainer acceptance are separate from these local results.

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