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Chapter 4, Problem 12PA
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Interpretation:The appropriate decision needs to be made on the basis of optimistic and conservative approach.
Concept Introduction: Major approaches used for decision making are maximax (optimistic) and minimax (conservative) if the decision probabilities are not given.
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