A video cassette recorder manufacturer is so certain of its quality control that it is offering a complete replacement warranty if a recorder fails within 2 years. Based upon compiled data, the company has noted that only 1 percent of its recorders fail during the first year, whereas 5 percent of the recorders that survive the first year will fail during the second year. The warranty does not cover replacement recorders. a) Formulate the evolution of the status of a recorder as a Markov chain whose states include two absorption states that involve needing to honor the warranty or having the recorder survive the warranty period. Then construct the one-step transition matrix. b) Find the probability that the manufacturer will have to honor the warranty.

A video cassette recorder manufacturer is so certain of its quality control that it is offering a complete replacement warranty if a recorder fails within 2 years. Based upon compiled data, the company has noted that only 1 percent of its recorders fail during the first year, whereas 5 percent of the recorders that survive the first year will fail during the second year. The warranty does not cover replacement recorders. a) Formulate the evolution of the status of a recorder as a Markov chain whose states include two absorption states that involve needing to honor the warranty or having the recorder survive the warranty period. Then construct the one-step transition matrix. b) Find the probability that the manufacturer will have to honor the warranty.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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