Maximum Entropy Approach for Un-Reliable Server Vacation Queueing Model with Optional Bulk Service

Abstract

In this study, we consider a single server vacation queueing model with optional bulk service and an un-reliable server. A single server provides first essential service (FES) to all arriving customers one by one; apart from essential service, he can also facilitate the additional phase of optional service (OS) in batches of fixed size b( ≥ 1), in case when the customers request for it. The server may take a single vacation whenever he finds no customers waiting in the queue to be served. Moreover, the server is subjected to unpredictable breakdown while providing the first essential service. The vacation time, service time and repair time of the server are exponentially distributed. The steady state results are obtained in terms of probability generating function for queue size distributions. By using the maximum entropy analysis (MEA), we derive various system performance measures. A comparative study is performed between the exact and approximate waiting time of the system. By taking the numerical illustrations, the sensitivity analysis is done to explore the effect of different descriptors on various performance measures.