Update kaplan_meier_fitter.py

Replaced the dead link with a working one. Added extra comments.
CamDavidsonPilon · Mar 8, 2018 · 54fa651 · 54fa651
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diff --git a/lifelines/fitters/kaplan_meier_fitter.py b/lifelines/fitters/kaplan_meier_fitter.py
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ def fit(self, durations, event_observed=None, timeline=None, entry=None, label='
         return self
 
     def _bounds(self, cumulative_sq_, alpha, ci_labels):
-        # See http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/stacar/internet/st3242/handouts/notes2.pdf
+        # This method calculates confidence intervals using the exponential Greenwood formula.
+        # See https://www.math.wustl.edu/%7Esawyer/handouts/greenwood.pdf
+
         alpha2 = inv_normal_cdf((1. + alpha) / 2.)
         df = pd.DataFrame(index=self.timeline)
         v = np.log(self.__estimate.values)