An MX/G/1 queue with randomized working vacations and at most J vacations

This paper treats a bulk arrival queue with randomized working vacation policy. Whenever the system becomes empty, the server takes a vacation. During the vacation period, customers are to be served at a lower rate. Once the vacation ends, the server will return to the normal working state and begin to serve the customers in the system if any. Otherwise, the server either remains idle with probability p or leaves for another vacation with probability 1 - p. This pattern continues until the number of vacations taken reaches J. If the system is empty at the end of the Jth vacation, the server will wait idly for a new arrival. By using supplementary variable technique, we derive the system size distribution at arbitrary epoch, at departure epoch and at busy period initial epoch, as well as some important system characteristics. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the influence of system parameters on several performance measures.