Paper 3, Section II, 27K
Part II, 2020
Define a renewal-reward process, and state the renewal-reward theorem.
A machine is repaired at time . After any repair, it functions without intervention for a time that is exponentially distributed with parameter , at which point it breaks down (assume the usual independence). Following any repair at time , say, it is inspected at times , and instantly repaired if found to be broken (the inspection schedule is then restarted). Find the long run proportion of time that is working. [You may express your answer in terms of an integral.]