Impact of the degradation in service rate in MAP/PH/1 queueing system with phase type vacations, breakdowns, and repairs

Alka Choudhary (), Srinivas R. Chakravarthy () and Dinesh C. Sharma ()
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Alka Choudhary: Central University of Rajasthan
Srinivas R. Chakravarthy: Kettering University
Dinesh C. Sharma: Central University of Rajasthan

Annals of Operations Research, 2023, vol. 331, issue 2, No 22, 1207-1248

Abstract: Abstract In many service systems, the service rates of the servers or the machines degrade over time due to a variety of reasons like fatigue, deficiency (due to manufacturing defect or energy loss, deformation, or excessive heat), and lack of proper maintenance. To make a service system beneficial for both customers and management points of view, it is imperative that models are developed to understand the impact of degradation. In this paper, we study $$MAP/PH/1-$$ M A P / P H / 1 - type queueing models incorporating degradation, failures/breakdowns and repairs. The degradation and to restore to normalcy in the service rate we look at two scenarios. In the first one, the service is restored to normalcy immediately after the server becomes idle or a fixed number of services is offered. In the second one, the restoration takes a random time that is modeled using a phase type distribution. Also, there are a variety of reasons that lead to failures/breakdowns of the server. We model these using (possibly) different phase type distributions. Both the models are studied analytically using matrix-analytic methods and illustrative numerical examples bringing out the qualitative behavior of the impact of degrading services are discussed. Two cost optimization problems whose solutions are obtained using particle swarm optimization technique along with a few illustrative examples are presented.

Keywords: Queueing model; Unreliable server; Server repair; Server vacation; Degrading service rate; Markovian arrivals; Phase type distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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