Bivariate Tempered Space-Fractional Poisson Process and Shock Models

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a bivariate tempered space-fractional Poisson process (BTSFPP) by time-changing the bivariate Poisson process with an independent tempered $\alpha$-stable subordinator. We study its distributional properties and its connection to differential equations. The L\'{e}vy measure for the BTSFPP is also derived. A bivariate competing risks and shock model based on the BTSFPP for predicting the failure times of the items that undergo two random shocks is also explored. The system is supposed to break when the sum of two types of shocks reaches a certain random threshold. Various results related to reliability such as reliability function, hazard rates, failure density, and the probability that the failure occurs due to a certain type of shock are studied. We show that for a general L\'{e}vy subordinator, the failure time of the system is exponentially distributed with mean depending on the Laplace exponent of the L\'{e}vy subordinator when the threshold has geometric distribution. Some special cases and several typical examples are also demonstrated.