Abstract: We used taking condition method, probability method and moment generating function method to research the lifetime problem of Yule-Furry classical δ shock model, and gave the explicit expressions of the lifetime properties such as reliability, moment generating function and moment of lifetime of the model. The mean lifetime of the model was applied to the problem of cell carcinogenesis and numerically verified.

Key words: Yule-Furry process, classical δ shock model, reliability, mean lifetime