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Ergodic theorem for a queue with unreliable server

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A single server queue with unreliable server is considered. The server breakdown probability depends on the state of a random medium described by a Markov chain. An ergodic theorem is proved for this system.

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Original Russian Text © S. Zh. Aibatov, 2015, published in Matematicheskie Zametki, 2015, Vol. 97, No. 6, pp. 803–814.

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Aibatov, S.Z. Ergodic theorem for a queue with unreliable server. Math Notes 97, 821–830 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001434615050181

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