Abstract. In this paper, a single server discouraged arrival queue subject to catastrophes, server failures and non-zero repair time is considered. Explicit expressions for the transient probabilities of system size are obtained using continued fractions technique. The corresponding steady state probabilities are deduced. Some important system performance measures are discussed. Further, reliability and availability of the system are analyzed.

Received: March 11, 2016

AMS Subject Classification: 60K25

Key Words and Phrases: discouraged arrivals, catastrophes, server failure, continued fractions, reliability analysis

Download paper from here.

Google Scholar; DOI (International DOI Foundation); WorldCAT.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY).