A variant of the Geo/G/1 queues with disasters and general repair times

Abstract

This paper deals with Geo/G/1 queues with a repairable server. The server is subject to failure due to a disaster arrival, which can occur while the server is turned on and not only when it is busy. At a failure instant, the server is turned off and its repair process begins. During the repair process, two models are considered. For both models, we present the PGF and the expected number of clients in the system in the steady state.

Keywords:

• Repairable systems
• disasters
• Geo/G/1 queues
• repair times
• queue length