Coke Coca-Cola launched the New Coke product after losing its market share in the early eighties at the expense of Pepsi. Coca-Cola tried to launch one of three products -New Tastes- with a taste similar to the sweeten taste of Pepsi, Extensive testing shows Profit projections (in millions of dollars) are shown in the table: Demand Staffing Options New Coke Taste 1 New Coke Taste 2 New Coke Taste 3 Required: High 30 40 50 Medium 30 40 40 Low 20 30 20 1. What is the decision under each of the following decision criteria (Optimistic decision, conservative, and Minimax regret Strategies) 2. If the demand probabilities are 0.3, 0.4, and 0.3, Find The expected profit of the construction operations for each alternative? 3. What is the expected profit without perfect information? 4. What is the expected profit with perfect information and the value of perfect information?

Coke Coca-Cola launched the New Coke product after losing its market share in the early eighties at the expense of Pepsi. Coca-Cola tried to launch one of three products -New Tastes- with a taste similar to the sweeten taste of Pepsi, Extensive testing shows Profit projections (in millions of dollars) are shown in the table: Demand Staffing Options New Coke Taste 1 New Coke Taste 2 New Coke Taste 3 Required: High 30 40 50 Medium 30 40 40 Low 20 30 20 1. What is the decision under each of the following decision criteria (Optimistic decision, conservative, and Minimax regret Strategies) 2. If the demand probabilities are 0.3, 0.4, and 0.3, Find The expected profit of the construction operations for each alternative? 3. What is the expected profit without perfect information? 4. What is the expected profit with perfect information and the value of perfect information?

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Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

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