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Reliability analysis of M/G/1 queueing systems with server breakdowns and vacations

Part of:Special processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Wei Li,
Dinghua Shi and
Xiuli Chao
Wei Li*
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dinghua Shi*
Affiliation:
Shanghai University of Science and Technology
Xiuli Chao*
Affiliation:
New Jersey Institute of Technology
*
∗ Postal address: Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P.R. China.
∗∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 201800, P.R. China.
∗∗∗ Postal address: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
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Abstract

This note introduces reliability issues to the analysis of queueing systems. We consider an M/G/1 queue with Bernoulli vacations and server breakdowns. The server uptimes are assumed to be exponential, and the server repair times are arbitrarily distributed. Using a supplementary variable method we obtain a transient solution for both queueing and reliability measures of interest. These results provide insight into the effect of server breakdowns and repairs on system performance.

Keywords

SERVER BREAKDOWNS AND REPAIRSQUEUES WITH VACATIONSRELIABILITY

MSC classification

Primary:60K25: Queueing theory

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Research Article
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , June 1997, pp. 546 - 555
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1997 

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