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A model for a system subject to random shocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Eui Yong Lee
Affiliation:
Pohang Institute of Science and Technology
Jiyeon Lee*
Affiliation:
Pohang Institute of Science and Technology
*
Postal address: Department of Mathematics, Pohang Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 125, Pohang 790–600, Korea.

Abstract

A Markovian stochastic model for a system subject to random shocks is introduced. It is assumed that the shock arriving according to a Poisson process decreases the state of the system by a random amount. It is further assumed that the system is repaired by a repairman arriving according to another Poisson process if the state when he arrives is below a threshold α. Explicit expressions are deduced for the characteristic function of the distribution function of X(t), the state of the system at time t, and for the distribution function of X(t), if . The stationary case is also discussed.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1993 

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Footnotes

Research has been supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), under Grant Number 913-0105-002-2.

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