Published: 22 November 2023

Production analysis of manufacturing industry in a single vacation policy under disaster

Jeyakumar S1
Logapriya B2
1Department of Mathematics, Government Arts College, Coimbatore, India
2Department of Science and Humanities, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India
Corresponding Author:
Logapriya B
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Abstract

The disaster in queueing system with second optional service is considered. Arriving customer of this system will receive the essential service and optional second service if needed. When the system is interrupted by the disaster, the server initiates the repair period making all the customer leave the system immediately. The server, when idle, takes single vacation. The disaster cannot happen when server is under vacation or in repair period. The above queueing system is analysed using supplementary variable technique to obtain the probability generating function for various parameters and effects of parameters are explained graphically with numerical illustrations.

Production analysis of manufacturing industry in a single vacation policy under disaster

Highlights

  • Disaster rate affecting the production id been analysed.
  • Evaluation of the performance measures via expected waiting time and expected queue length of the raw material of the queuing model.
  • Relationships between arrival and waiting time, disaster and queue length and more on is visually using numerical illustration.

1. Introduction

The disaster otherwise named as catastrophes can be seen in manufacturing systems, communication systems and many more. As disaster removes all customers immediately from the system, it is extensively modelled by many researchers.

The concept of disaster in Queueing models were introduced by Towsley and Tripathi in analysing the distributed data base system that undergoes failure. Arumuganathan R and Jeyakumar S [1] studied steady state analysis of a bulk queue with multiple vacations, setup times with N-policy and closedown times. Bu, Q., and Liu, L. [2] analyzed M/G/1 clearing queueing system with setup time and multiple vacations for an unreliable server. Chakravarthy S. R [3] analyzed a disaster Queue with Markovian arrivals and impatient customers. Chang, F. M., Liu, T. H., and Ke, J. C. [4] studied an unreliable-server retrial queue with customer feedback and impatience. Choudhury, G., and Kalita, C. [5] analyzed M/G/1 queue with two types of general heterogeneous service and optional repeated service subject to server’s breakdown and delayed repair. George C. Mytalas, Michael A. Z. Azanis [6] studied MX/G/1 queueing system with disasters and repairs under MAV policy. George C. Mytalas and Michael A. Zazanis [7] analyzed Bernoulli feedback queues subject to disasters: a system with batch Poisson arrivals under a multiple vacation policy. Jain, M., and Singh, M. [8] analyzed markov queueing model with feedback, discouragement and disaster. Jeyakumar S and Senthilnathan B [9] Modelled and analysed MX/G(a,b)/1 queue with multiple vacation, setup time, closedown time server breakdown without interruptions. Jiang T., Liu L. [10] analysed G1/M/1 queue in a multi-phase service environment with disaster and working breakdowns. Jingjing Y. E., Liu Liwei and Jiang Tao [11] analysed single server queue with disasters and repairs under Bernoulli vacation schedule. Kim B. K. and Lee D. H. [12] modelled and analysed M/G/1 Queue with disasters and working Breakdowns. Lakshmi Priya M., Janani B. [13] studied single server queue with disasters and repairs under Bernoulli working vacation schedule. Mian Zhang and Shan Gao [14] studied the disasters queue with working breakdowns and impatient customers. Nitin Kumar, Farida P. Barbhuiya and Umesh C. Gupta [15] analysed Geometric catastrophe model with discrete-time batch renewal arrival process. Park H. M., Yang W. S., Chae K. C. [16] analysed G1/Geo/1 Queue with disaster. Rajadurai, P., Saravanarajan, M. C., and Chandrasekaran, V. M. [17] studied M/G/1 feedback retrial queue with subject to server breakdown and repair under multiple working vacation policy. Shan Gao, Jinting Wang and Tien Van Do [18] analysed discrete-time repairable queue with disasters and working breakdowns. Sudhesh R and Sebasthi Priya R [19] analysed discrete-time Geo/Geo/1 queue with feedback, repair and disaster. Li, K., and Wang, J. [20] analysed Equilibrium balking strategies in the single server retrial queue with constant retrial rate and catastrophes.

The literature study of the researchers in Markovian queue with disaster under different parameter motivated to study the effect of disaster in Markovian queue with optional service under single vacation policy. There are works in bulk arrival, service under disaster and queues with optional service, but on motivation from literature study, novelty in the described model is linking bulk arrival with optional service and disaster to evaluate the performance measures in arbitrary epoch.

Importance and contribution of study is to find the disaster rate affecting the production, to evaluate and analyze the performance measures of the queuing model with numerical illustrations to establish results in the real word existing scenario.

The queue with optional service under disaster and repairs with single vacation can be identified in ice-cream manufacturing unit. When raw material reaches the unit, it is immediately sent to mixer which is essential service and adding up flavour is a manual process which is optional service. Once it is mixed up, it is poured into mould and kept in dipping freezer. When sudden freezer burn (disaster) happens in freezer, the entire process has to stop since the mixed-up raw material can’t be kept for long period. Before starting up next slot of opening the raw material for mix-up, the server can take single vacation if needed because raw material should be fresh for good taste and flavour.

2. Mathematical model

In a compound Poisson process, a batch of customers i, with the parameters λ, λ>0 and probability λcidt joins the system in the minimal duration of time (t, t + dt). Each and every customer who arrives at the system is provided with first essential service under first come, first serve discipline. Customer is served one by one in the batch. Let μ1x=S1'x1-S1x be the hazard rate function of the first essential service with S1*s=0e-sxdS1x, where S1 is the general distribution function with the corresponding density function S1' and mean ES1. After the first service is completed, the optional service may be opted with the probability s or leave the system with the probability 1-s. For optional service, let μ2x=S2'x1-S2x with S2*s=0e-sxdS2x, where S2 is the general distribution function with the corresponding density function S2' and mean ES2. Once the server completes his essential and optional service to the customer, the server may take vacation when he is idle. Let vx=L'x1-Lx be the rate function of the vacation with L*s=0e-sxdLx, where L is the general distribution function with the corresponding density function L' and mean EL. Finally, disaster is assumed to happen in the system during essential service, since optional service is the manual service. With rate of the disaster δ, it removes all the customers including one is been served from the system and the system is immediately moved to repair period. Let rx=R'x1-Rx be the hazard rate function of the repair period with R*s=0e-sxdRx, where R is the general distribution function with density function R' and mean ER.

Fig. 1Schematic diagram of the queueing system

Schematic diagram of the queueing system

3. Notations and abbreviations

At time t, let the system size be Nt. Also, let Ωt be the random variable corresponding to server’s status.

Let Si,t, i= 1, 2 and Lt be introduced as supplementary variables to obtain a Markov process.Nt,Ωt, Si,t,Rt,Lt,t0. Limiting probabilities are defined to derive Kolmogorov chapman equation as:

P0=limtNt=0,Ωt=0,
Pnex=limtNt=n,Ωt=1,x<S1,t<x+dt, n1,
Pnox=limtNt=n,Ωt=2,x<S2,t<x+dt, n1,
Rnx=limtNt=n,Ωt=3,x<Rt<x+dt, n1,
Lnx=limtNt=n,Ωt=4,x<Lt<x+dt, n1.

4. Steady state differential equations using supplementary variable technique

Governing equations for various states of the system are framed for n>0:

1
0=-λP0+0L0xvxdx
+0P1oxμ2xdx+1-s0P0exμ1xdx+0R0xrxdx ,
2
ddx+λ+μ1x+δPnex=λi=1n-1CiPn-iex, n1,
3
ddx+λ+μ2xPnox=λi=1n-1CiPn-iox , n1,
4
ddx+λ+rxRnx=λi=1n-1CiRn-iox , n1,
5
ddx+λ+rxR0x=0,
6
ddx+λ+vxLnx=λi=1n-1CiLn-ix, n1,
7
ddx+λ+vxL0x=0.

With the boundary conditions:

8
Pne0=0Lnxvxdx+0Pn+1oxμ2xdx
+(1-s)0Pn+1exμ1xdx+0Rnxrxdx+λCnP0 , n0,
9
Pno0=s0Pnexμ1xdx,
10
R00=δn=10Pnexdx,
11
Ln0=0Pnoxμ2xdx+(1-s)0Pnexμ1xdx.

To obtain PGF, we multiply the Eqs. (2-11) with certain powers of z and sum it over n , to obtain:

12
P(e)0,z=0Lx,z-L0xvxdx+01zPox,z-P1oxμ2xdx
+1-s01zPex,z-P1exμ1xdx+0Rx,z-R0xrxdx+λCzP0 ,
13
P(o)0,z=s0Pex,zμ1xdx,
14
R0,z=δ0Pex,1dx,
15
L0,z= 0Pnox,zμ2xdx+(1-s)0Pnex,zμ1xdx.

As the system has no customer after immediate vacation and repair time that comes after disaster, we have:

L0,z=L00,
R0,z=R00.

5. PGF of queue for various states:

At an arbitrary epoch, the PGF of the server is under busy state, repair state and in vacation are obtained from the explicit expressions:

16
P(e)0,z=zδP(e)1R*Az-λP0βHzz-S1*(Az+δ)1-s+s.S2*(Az),

where Az=λ-λC(z) and Hz=β1-Cz+1-L*Az.

If possible, using Rouche’s theorem, let z=zθ be the unique solution of z=S1*(Az+δ)1-s+s.S2*(Az). In that case equality becomes, λP0βHzθ=δP(e)1R*Azθ.

The PGF of the system at epoch of essential service to the customer is given as:

17
P(e)z=zπλP0βR*Az-λP0βHzz-S1*(Az+δ)1-s+s.S2*(Az)1-S1*(Az+δ)Az+δ.

The PGF of the system at epoch of optional second service to the customer is given as:

18
Poz=zπλP0βR*Az-λP0βHzz-S1*Az+δ1-s+s.S2*Azs(S1*(Az+δ))(1-S2*Az)Az.

The PGF of the system at epoch under repair is given as:

19
Rz=πλP0β1-R*AzAz.

The PGF of the system at epoch of under vacation is given as:

20
Lz=λP0β1-L*AzAz.

Using the normalizing condition at z=1, the probability P0 is obtained when the server being idle as:

21
P0=1+λβπδ+sπS1*δES21-S1*δ+πER+EL-1.

Finally, the total PGF of queue size X(z) is obtained at as:

22
Xz
=1+λβπδ+sπS1*δES21-S1*δ+πER+EL-11+λβ1-L*AzAz+π1-R*AzAz
+zπR*Az-Hzz-S1*(Az+δ)1-s+s.S2*(Az)1-S1*(Az+δ)Az+δ+s(S1*(Az+δ))(1-S2*Az)Az.

Also, due disaster the PGF of total customers removed from the system is given as:

23
Xdz=zδπR*Az-Hzπ(z-S1*Az+δ1-s+s.S2*Az1-S1*(Az+δ)Az+δ.

6. Performance measures

Expected queue length (EQL)and waiting time (EWT) is obtained using L’ Hospital’s rule from the Eq. (26):

24
EQL=λEcβ1+λβπδ+sπS1*δES21-S1*δ+πER+EL-1Sb+Sbδ+1Scπ1-Sc-1δEc-λs2S2*''(0)+Sbs1-ScES2-sπES2Sc1-Sc2Ec+λS1*'(δ),

where Sc=1-S1*δ, Sb=β+λπδ+λπER+λEL, Sbδ=λ2πER2+EL2.

Let S2*'0, R*'0, L*'0 are the mean service time of all the states; S2*''0, R*''0, L*''0 be the second moment of states in different epoch. Using little’s formula, the expected waiting time is calculated as:

25
EWT=1+λβπδ+sπS1*δES21-S1*δ+πER+ELβ-1Sb+Sbδ+1Scπ1-Sc-1δEc-λs2S2*''(0)+Sbs1-ScES2-sπES2Sc1-Sc2Ec+λS1*'(δ).

7. Numerical illustration

A numerical approach is carried on to evaluate the various states of the distribution. μ, r, v are assumed to be in exponential parameter respectively. Arrival rate is λ with service rate μ1=5 and μ2=6. Whereas disaster may take place with rate δ.

Average queue length and mean waiting time are computed and tabulated below with assumption of arrival and vacation as single.

From Table 1 and Fig. 2 it is understood that when probability of second optional service increases, length of the queue and waiting time to be increased. From Table 2 and Fig. 3, queue length and waiting time decreases as the disaster rate increases. Finally, from Table 3 and Fig. 4 when arrival rate increases then length of the queue and waiting time of the server increases.

Table 1Performance measures with λ=2 and δ=2

s
P0
EQL
EWT
0
0.6521
1.8464
0.9232
0.25
0.6401
1.9829
0.9915
0.5
0.6285
2.1146
1.0573
0.75
0.6173
2.2415
1.1207
1
0.6065
2.3640
1.1820

Fig. 2Prob. of second optional service versus queue length and waiting time

Prob. of second optional service versus queue length and waiting time

Table 2Performance measures with λ=2 and s=1

δ
P0
EQL
EWT
2
0.6065
2.3640
1.1820
3
0.6393
2.3367
1.1683
4
0.6571
2.2998
1.1499
5
0.6682
2.2695
1.1347
6
0.6758
2.2456
1.2280

Fig. 3Effect of disaster on queue length

Effect of disaster on queue length

Table 3Performance measures with s=1 and δ=5

λ
P0
EQL
EWT
1
0.8210
1.1333
1.1333
1.2
0.7882
1.3605
1.1338
1.4
0.7565
1.5878
1.1341
1.6
0.7260
1.8151
1.1344
1.8
0.6965
2.0423
1.1346

Fig. 4Effect of arrival rate and queue length

Effect of arrival rate and queue length

8. Conclusions

In this Paper, MX/G/1 Queue with the second optional service with single vacation is taken into consideration for disaster and repairs. We derive the queue size distributions for various steady-states with quality metrics and special cases using the supplementary variable technique. Additionally, we've provided numerical examples to illustrate the approach, which amply demonstrate how disasters affect waiting times and queue length with the second optional service. From the numerical illustration, it is observed that when arrival rate and probability for second optional service increases, queue length and waiting time of the customer increases as well as when disaster rate increases queue length and of the server decreases and waiting time of the customer decreases.

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About this article

Received
27 October 2023
Accepted
11 November 2023
Published
22 November 2023
Keywords
supplementary variable technique
second optional service
disaster
repairs
single vacation
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Data Availability

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Author Contributions

Jeyakumar S: project administration, supervision, validation. Logapriya B: conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, visualization, writing – review and editing.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.