Likelihood based inference for partially observed renewal processes

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This paper is concerned with inference for renewal processes on the real line that are observed in a broken interval. For such processes, the classic history-based approach cannot be used. Instead, we adapt tools from sequential spatial point process theory to propose a Monte Carlo maximum likelihood estimator that takes into account the missing data. Its efficacy is assessed by means of a simulation study and the missing data reconstruction is illustrated on real data.