Operations Research Transactions ›› 2025, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 113-127.doi: 10.15960/j.cnki.issn.1007-6093.2025.02.009

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Analysis of M/G/1 queue with maintenance strategy and different arrival rates under service startup N-policy control

Fengrui LI1, Yinghui TANG1,*()   

  1. School of Mathematical Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan, China
  • Received:2022-04-14 Online:2025-06-15 Published:2025-06-12
  • Contact: Yinghui TANG E-mail:tangyh@sicnu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Based on the background of the manufacturing system, this paper proposes an M/G/1 queuing model with maintenance strategy and different arrival rates, in which the server begins its service under the control of $N$-policy. Firstly, using the renewal process theory, total probability decomposition technique and Laplace transform, we study the transient properties of the queue length at any time $t$, and obtain the expressions of the Laplace transform of the transient queue size distribution with respect to time $t$. Then, on the basis of the transient analysis, the recursive formulas of the steady-state queue-length distribution are presented by employing L'Hospital's rule. Finally, applying the renewal reward theory, the explicit expression of the long-run expected cost per unit time of the system is obtained under a given cost structure, and numerical examples are provided to discuss the optimal control policy that the server begins its service and optimal maintenance strategy.

Key words: M/G/1 queue, maintenance strategy, service startup N-policy, queue length distribution, optimal policy

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