In:
Journal of Applied Probability, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 18, No. 02 ( 1981-06), p. 473-481
Abstract:
This paper considers a semi-infinite storage model, of the type studied by Senturia and Puri [13] and Balagopal [2] , defined on a Markov renewal process, {( X n , T n ), n = 0, 1, ·· ·}, with 0 = T 0 & lt; T 1 & lt; · ··, almost surely, where X n takes values in the set {1, 2, ·· ·}. If at T n , X n = j , then there is a random ‘input' V n ( j ) (a negative input implying a demand) of ‘type' j , having distribution function F j (·). We assume that { V n ( j )} is an i.i.d. sequence of random variables, taken to be independent of {( X n , T n )} and of { V n ( k )}, for k ≠ j , and that V n ( j ) has first and second moments. Here the random variables V n ( j ) represent instantaneous ‘inputs' (a negative value implying a demand) of type j for our storage model. Under these assumptions, we establish certain limit distributions for the joint process ( Z ( t ), L ( t )), where Z ( t ) (defined in (2)) is the level of storage at time t and L ( t ) (defined in (3)) is the demand lost due to shortage of supply during [0, t ]. Different limit distributions are obtained for the cases when the ‘average stationary input' ρ , as defined in (5), is positive, zero or negative.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0021-9002
,
1475-6072
DOI:
10.1017/S0021900200098120
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1981
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1474599-9
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219147-7
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3,2
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