Journal article
Availability Analysis of Repairable N-Server n i -Replicated Systems
The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol.46(6), pp.747-752
06/1995
DOI: 10.2307/2584311
Abstract
We develop an exact closed-form expression for the steady-state availability of a repairable, N-server system in which the ith server contains ni identical, reconfigurable, breakdown-prone units. Our approach, which follows from the Markov chain balance equations and the recursive properties of Hessenberg matrix determinants, is simpler than previously proposed matrix geometric approaches, and can readily be adapted to the availability analysis of more complicated structures. We illustrate this by computing the steady-state availability of a mixed parallel-serial gracefully degrading replicated system.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Availability Analysis of Repairable N-Server n i -Replicated Systems
- Creators
- Yi-Chih HsiehMark S Andersland
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol.46(6), pp.747-752
- DOI
- 10.2307/2584311
- ISSN
- 0160-5682
- eISSN
- 1476-9360
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/1995
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984083896002771
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