Priority effect on pointwise availability of the system
Reliability modeling of fault tolerant control systems
This paper proposes a novel approach to reliability evaluation for active Fault Tolerant Control Systems (FTCSs). By introducing a reliability index based on the control performance and hard deadline, a semi-Markov process model is proposed to describe system operation for reliability evaluation. The degraded performance of FTCSs in the presence of imperfect Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) is reflected by semi-Markov states. The semi-Markov kernel, the key parameter of the process, is determined...
Remark to the paper "On some limit properties of the reward from a Markov replacement process"
Retrial queues with recurrent demand option.
Semi-Markov processes for reliability studies
Semi-Markov processes for reliability studies
We study the evolution of a multi-component system which is modeled by a semi-Markov process. We give formulas for the avaibility and the reliability of the system. In the r-positive case, we prove that the quasi-stationary probability on the working states is the normalised left eigenvector of some computable matrix and that the asymptotic failure rate is equal to the absolute value of the convergence parameter r.
Semi-Markov switches
Simulation of high available fault-tolerant systems by simulating stiff and large Markov chains.
Stochastic behaviour of a complex system with bulk failure and priority repairs
Stoghastig behavior of an intermittently used system
The expected cumulative operational time for finite semi-Markov systems and estimation
In this paper we, firstly, present a recursive formula of the empirical estimator of the semi-Markov kernel. Then a non-parametric estimator of the expected cumulative operational time for semi-Markov systems is proposed. The asymptotic properties of this estimator, as the uniform strongly consistency and normality are given. As an illustration example, we give a numerical application.
The expected discounted reward from a Markov replacement process
The failure rate in reliability: Approximations and bounds.
The failure rate in reliability. Numerical treatment.
The first exit of almost strongly recurrent semi-Markov processes
Let , n ∈ N, be a sequence of homogeneous semi-Markov processes (HSMP) on a countable set K, all with the same initial p.d. concentrated on a non-empty proper subset J. The subrenewal kernels which are restrictions of the corresponding renewal kernels on K×K to J×J are assumed to be suitably convergent to a renewal kernel P (on J×J). The HSMP on J corresponding to P is assumed to be strongly recurrent. Let [; j ∈ J] be the stationary p.d. of the embedded Markov chain. In terms of the averaged...
The MX/M/1 queue with working breakdown
In this paper, we consider a batch arrival MX/M/1 queue model with working breakdown. The server may be subject to a service breakdown when it is busy, rather than completely stoping service, it will decrease its service rate. For this model, we analyze a two-dimensional Markov chain and give its quasi upper triangle transition probability matrix. Under the system stability condition, we derive the probability generating function (PGF) of the stationary queue length, and then obtain its stochastic...
The scaling limits of a heavy tailed Markov renewal process
In this paper we consider heavy tailed Markov renewal processes and we prove that, suitably renormalised, they converge in law towards the -stable regenerative set. We then apply these results to the strip wetting model which is a random walk constrained above a wall and rewarded or penalized when it hits the strip where is a given positive number. The convergence result that we establish allows to characterize the scaling limit of this process at criticality.
The weak convergence of regenerative processes using some excursion path decompositions
We consider regenerative processes with values in some general Polish space. We define their -big excursions as excursions such that , where is some given functional on the space of excursions which can be thought of as, e.g., the length or the height of . We establish a general condition that guarantees the convergence of a sequence of regenerative processes involving the convergence of -big excursions and of their endpoints, for all in a set whose closure contains . Finally, we provide...
Théorème de renouvellement et classification pour les chaînes semi-markoviennes
Two parallel finite queues with simultaneous services and Markovian arrivals.