The availability of uni‐directionally patrolled stations

Abstract

Discusses the maintenance of n identical stations uni‐directionally patrolled by a maintenance operative. The time to travel between adjacent stations is a random variable and the time to repair a broken‐down station is also a random variable. Assumes that the breakdowns at each station occur randomly in running time and that only a proportion of attempted repairs is successful. Shows that all the important characteristics of the system – waiting time, response time, availability – depend on the probability, denoted by α, that a station is found in the failed state. Gives a procedure for computing this probability.

Citation

Bunday, B.D. and Tapsir, R.B. (1995), "The availability of uni‐directionally patrolled stations", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 12 No. 7, pp. 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/02656719510093556