 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

Aggregate the individual increments. At an event time $x_i$, their conditional expectation is the number
$$
r_i=\sum_{j=1}^n\mathbf1_{\{x_j\geq x_i\}}
$$
at risk times $dH(x_i)$. Replacing expectation by the observed event increment gives $d\widehat H(x_i)=v_i/r_i$. Thus the estimator is the <Nelson–Aalen estimator>
$$
\boxed{\widehat H(t)=\sum_{i:x_i\leq t}\frac{v_i}{r_i}}.
$$

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