Essentials Of Business Analytics
Essentials Of Business Analytics
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ISBN: 9781285187273
Author: Camm, Jeff.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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The following profit payoff table was presented in Problem 1:

Chapter 12, Problem 13P, The following profit payoff table was presented in Problem 1: The probabilities for the states of

The probabilities for the states of nature are P(s1) = 0.65, P(s2) = 0.15, and P(s3) = 0.20.

  1. a. What is the optimal decision strategy if perfect information were available?
  2. b. What is the expected value for the decision strategy developed in part (a)?
  3. c. Using the expected value approach, what is the recommended decision without perfect information? What is its expected value?
  4. d. What is the expected value of perfect information?
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