Please help. Your company, Drones, INC, must decide on their path forward in regard to new or expandedfacilities for drone production. The table below shows the potential profits/losses for eachdecision alternative in each of 4 market conditions (states of nature). Note that the numbers inred (with a minus sign) are losses. NOTE: I have provided some extra columns and rows foryour computations. NOTE THAT THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAXIMIZE PROFIT.|STATES OF NATURE FOR POTENTIALMARKETS FOR DRONESDECISIONALTERNATIVES|EXCELLENT GOODFAIRIPOOROPEN 2 NEWPLANTS FOR$600,000$400,000 $200,000| $500,000PRODUCTIONOPEN 1 NEWPLANT FOR$500,000$200,000 $100,000$300,000PRODUCTIONEXPANDCURRENT$150,000|$75,000$100,000$0PLANTDO NOTHING$0$0$0$0 (15) 18. Management first wants to know which decision to make if they assume each state ofnature is equally likely.(15) 19. There are some management personnel that are very pessimistic about this project.What decision would be made under a pessimistic (maximin) decision criterion?(15) 20. Some personnel in management believe there is a 10 percent chance that the marketwill be EXCELLENT, a 40 percent chance that it will be GOOD, a 30 percent chance the marketwill be FAIR, and a 20 percent chance that it will be POOR. A market research firm will analyzemarket conditions and will provide a perfect forecast (they provide a money back guarantee).What is the most that should be paid for this forecast? NOTE: You need to compute theEXPECTED VALUE OF PERFECT INFORMATION (EVPI) after computing EMV for eachdecision alternative and finding the best EMV without hiring the market research firm.(Show) all computations for EMV, as well as computations for Eweland EVPI.

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facilities for drone production. The table below shows the potential profits/losses for each decision alternative in each of 4 market conditions (states of nature). Note that the numbers in red (with a minus sign) are losses. NOTE: I have provided some extra columns and rows for your computations. NOTE THAT THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAXIMIZE PROFIT. STATES OF NATURE FOR POTENTIAL MARKETS FOR DRONES DECISION ALTERNATIVES EXCELLENT GOOD POOR FAIR OPEN 2 NEW PLANTS FOR $600,000 |$400,000 $200,000 $500,000 PRODUCTION OPEN 1 NEW PLANT FOR $500,000 |$200,000 $100,000 $300,000 PRODUCTION EXPAND CURRENT |S75,000 | $100,000 $150,000 PLANT DO NOTHING $0 so

facilities for drone production. The table below shows the potential profits/losses for each decision alternative in each of 4 market conditions (states of nature). Note that the numbers in red (with a minus sign) are losses. NOTE: I have provided some extra columns and rows for your computations. NOTE THAT THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAXIMIZE PROFIT. STATES OF NATURE FOR POTENTIAL MARKETS FOR DRONES DECISION ALTERNATIVES EXCELLENT GOOD POOR FAIR OPEN 2 NEW PLANTS FOR $600,000 |$400,000 $200,000 $500,000 PRODUCTION OPEN 1 NEW PLANT FOR $500,000 |$200,000 $100,000 $300,000 PRODUCTION EXPAND CURRENT |S75,000 | $100,000 $150,000 PLANT DO NOTHING $0 so

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

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Chapter7: Nonlinear Optimization Models

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 49P: If a monopolist produces q units, she can charge 400 4q dollars per unit. The variable cost is 60...

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