) The alternative that provides Deborah the greatest expected monetary value (EMv) is the EMV for this decision is $________ b) For Deborah, the expected value of the perfect information (EVPI)=$______

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Deborah Hollwager, a concessionaire for the Amway cener in Orlando has developed a table of conditional values for the various altenatives(stocking decision) and state of nature (size of crowd)

           Alternatives               large       average       small 

        large inventory         $20,000       $10,000      -$2,000

       average inventory     $12,000        $12,000        $8000

       small inventory          $10,000        $6,000         $5,000

probabilities associated with the states of nature are 0.35 for a large crowd, 0.50 for an average crowd, and 0.15 for a small crowd.

a) The alternative that provides Deborah the greatest expected monetary value (EMv) is

the EMV for this decision is $________

b) For Deborah, the expected value of the perfect information (EVPI)=$______

 

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