After reading about economic predictions, Debbie Gibson (see problem #4) has assigned the probabilities that the economy will be strong, average, and weak at 0.2, 0.35, and 0.45 respectively. a) Using EMVs, what option should Debbie choose? What is the maximum EMV? b) Using EOL, what option should Debbie choose? What is the minimum EOL? c) Compute the EVPI and show that it is the same as the minimum EOL.

After reading about economic predictions, Debbie Gibson (see problem #4) has assigned the probabilities that the economy will be strong, average, and weak at 0.2, 0.35, and 0.45 respectively. a) Using EMVs, what option should Debbie choose? What is the maximum EMV? b) Using EOL, what option should Debbie choose? What is the minimum EOL? c) Compute the EVPI and show that it is the same as the minimum EOL.

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter9: Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Section9.4: The Precision Tree Add-in

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