Chakravarthy, Srinivas R.; Kulshrestha, Rakhee - In: Operations Research Perspectives 7 (2020), pp. 1-13
Queueing models wherein having a backup server during the absences (caused by vacations and breakdowns) of the main server have found many applications in practice. Such services offered by a backup server can be viewed as the (main) server working during a vacation or during a breakdown period....