Temporal point processes are essential for modeling event dynamics in fields such as neuroscience and social media. The time rescaling theorem is commonly used to assess model fit by transforming a point process into a homogeneous Poisson process. However, this approach requires that the process be nonterminating and that complete (hence, unbounded) realizations are observed—conditions that are often unmet in practice. This article introduces a generalized time-rescaling theorem to address these limitations and, as such, facilitates a more widely applicable evaluation framework for point process models in diverse real-world scenarios.

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