Transient analysis and reliability modeling of fault-tolerant system operating under admission control policy with double retrial features and working vacation

Abstract

Maintaining a high-level reliability and efficiency without interruption are the key concerns for many real-time machining systems. Using the redundancy and repair facility features, we develop a double retrial orbit queueing model for the fault-tolerant machining system (FTMS) operating under the restriction of admission of repair jobs based on threshold policy and working vacation. The provision of primary and secondary orbits is made so that the failed units can wait there based on the facility available in case the repairman is occupied. From the orbits, the failed units retry to get the repairman free so that the repair job can be accomplished. Chapman–Kolmogorov equations for the system states of FTMS have been constructed to evaluate the transient reliability and queueing indices using the spectral technique. The sensitivity along with the relative sensitivity analysis of crucial system parameters, have facilitated. The impacts of parameter variability on the system metrics and total expected cost are examined for illustrative examples.