Article ID: | iaor20023082 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 28 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 143 |
End Page Number: | 148 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2001 |
Journal: | Operations Research Letters |
Authors: | Vanderperre E.J. |
Keywords: | robots |
We consider a robot-safety device system attended by two repairmen. In order to derive the point availability of the robot-safety device, we introduce a stochastic process endowed with time dependent probability measures. The point availability satisfies a generalized integral equation of the convolution-type. The solution procedure is based on the methodology of Laplace (Stieltjes) transformations. We also derive the long-run availability of the robot-safety device.