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On a generalized finite-capacity storage model
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2016
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This paper considers a finite-capacity storage model defined on a Markov chain {Xn; n = 0, 1, …}, having state space J ⊆ {1, 2, …}. If Xn, = j, then there is a random. ‘input’ Vn(j) (a negative input implying a demand) of ‘type’ j, having a distribution function Fj (·). We assume that {Vn (j)} is an i.i.d. sequence of random variables, taken to be independent of {Xn} and of {Vn(k)}, for k ≠ = j. Here, the random variables Vn(j) represent instantaneous ‘inputs’ of type j for our storage model. Within this framework, we establish certain limit distributions for the joint processes (zn, Xn) and (Zn, OnLn), where Zn, is the level of storage at time n, Qn is the cumulative overflow at time n, and Ln is the cumulative demand lost due to shortage of supply up to time n. In addition, an expression for the time-dependent distribution of (Zn, Xn) is obtained.
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- Applied Probability in Biology and Engineering. An ORSA/TIMS Special Interest Meeting
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