Developments of analytical solutions to nonlinear equations provide very good physical insights into the nonlinear phenomena. The nonlinear transient thermal responses of extended surfaces have been widely studied analytically with the aid of different methods based on power series solutions....

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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....