D Analysis
D Analysis
You should try to solve them all yourself first based upon
the solutions in your notes, the lectures, and the book.
2) Given the following payoff table for three alternative investments , A, B and C,
under two future states of the economy , good and bad:
Determine the best decision using the following decision criteria.
a) Maximax
$120,000
b) Maximin
$40,000
c) Minimax regret
$50,000
d) La Place Bayes
$47,500
Investment
A
B
C
Ideal
Regret Table
Investment
A
B
C
Economic Conditions
Good
Bad
Max
Min
Mean
$70,000
$25,000
$70,000
$25,000
$47,500
$120,000
($60,000)
$120,000
($60,000)
$30,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$120,000
$40,000
Good
Bad
$50,000
$0
$80,000
Max
$15,000
$100,000
$0
$50,000
$100,000
$80,000
3) A local real estate investor in Orlando is considering three alternative investments: a motel, a theater, or a restaurant.
The motel and restaurant will be adversely or favorably affected by the availability of gasoline and the number of tourists,
while the theater will be relatively stable under any conditions.
The following payoff table shows the profit ( or losses) resulting from each investment.
Determine the best investment using the following decision criteria:
a) Maximax
$20,000
b) Maximin
$5,000
c) Minimax regret
$14,000
d) La Place - Bayes
$9,000
Investment
Motel
Restaurant
Theater
Ideal
Gasoline Availability
Shortage
Stable
Surplus
Max
Min
Mean
($8,000)
$15,000
$20,000
$20,000
($8,000)
$9,000
$2,000
$8,000
$6,000
$8,000
$2,000
$5,333
$6,000
$6,000
$5,000
$6,000
$5,000
$5,667
$6,000
$15,000
$20,000
Regret Table
Investment
Motel
Restaurant
Theater
Shortage
Stable
Surplus
Max
$14,000
$0
$0
$14,000
$4,000
$7,000
$14,000
$14,000
$0
$9,000
$15,000
$15,000
4) The Miramar Company is going to introduce one of three possible new products: a widget , a hummer, or a nimnot.
The market conditions (favorable, stable, or unfavorable) will determine the profit (or loss ) the company
will receive as shown in the following payoff table.
a. Compute the expected value for each decision and select the best one.
b. Develop the opportunity loss table and compute the expected opportunity loss for each product.
c. Determine how much the firm would be willing to pay to a market research firm to gain better
information about future market conditions.
Product
Probabilities
Widget
Hummer
Nimnot
Ideal
Market Conditions
Favorable
Stable
Unfavorable
20%
70%
10% EMV
$120,000
$70,000
($30,000)
$70,000
$60,000
$40,000
$20,000
$42,000
$35,000
$30,000
$30,000
$31,000
$120,000
$70,000
$30,000
$76,000 EVUPI
EOL
Product
Probabilities
Widget
Hummer
Nimnot
Favorable
Stable
Unfavorable
20%
70%
10% EOL
$0
$0
$60,000
$6,000
$60,000
$30,000
$10,000
$34,000
$85,000
$40,000
$0
$45,000
$70,000
$6,000
5) The Blitzkrieg Banking House in Berlin speculates in the money market, and the status of the
American dollar in trading determines the return from investments in other currencies.
The banking house will invest in the dollar, yen, mark. The return from each is shown in the following payoff table.
Determine the best currency to invest in
$75,000
Currency
Probabilities
Dollar
Yen
Mark
Ideal
6) Southland Corporation's decision to produce a new line of recreational products has resulted in the need to
construct either a small plant or a large plant. The decision as to which plant size to select depends upon how the
marketplace reacts to the new product line. In order to conduct an analysis , marketing management has
decided to view the possible long-run demand as either low, medium, or high.
The following payoff table shows the projected profit in millions of dollars.
a) Maximax
Maximin
Minimax regret
La Place Bayes
b) EMV
c) EOL
EVPI
$500
$150
$100
$250
$365
$20
$20
Small
Low
$190 Med
High
0.2
0.15
0.65
150
200
200
Low
$365 Med
High
0.2
0.15
0.65
50
200
500
Probabilities
SMALL PLANT
LARGE PLANT
Ideal
LONG-RUN DEMAND
LOW
MEDIUM
HIGH
20%
15%
$150
$200
$50
$200
$150
$200
65%
$200
$500
$500
Probabilities
SMALL PLANT
LARGE PLANT
Regret Table
LOW
MEDIUM
HIGH
20%
15%
$0
$0
$100
$0
65%
$300
$0
Max
Min
$200
$500
Max
Mean
$150
$50
EOL
$300
$100
$195
$20
EMV
$183
$250
$190
$365
$385 EVUPI
7) McHuffer Condominiums, Inc. of Pensacola, Florida, recently purchased land near the Gulf of Mexico
and is attempting to determine the size of the condominium development should build.
Three sizes of development are being considered: small d1, medium d2, and large d3.
At the same time an uncertai economy makes it difficult to ascertain the demand for the new condominiums.
McHuffer's management realizes that a large development followed by a low demand could be very costly to the company.
However, if McHuffer makes a conservative small development decision and then finds a high demand,
the firm's profits will be lower than they might have been. With the three levels of demands- low, medium, and highMcHuffer's management has prepared the following payoff table:
a) If nothing is known about the demand probabilities ,what are the decision recommendations under the:
Maximax
Maximin
Minimax regret
La Place Bayes
$900
$400
$300
$433
b) If P(low) = 0.20, P(medium) = 0.35 and P(high) = 0.45, what decision is recommended under EMV?
$500
$195
Probabilities
SMALL
MEDIUM
LARGE
Ideal
Max
45%
$400
$600
$900
$900
Min
$400
$600
$900
Mean
$400
$100
($300)
Regret Table
LOW
Probabilities
SMALL
MEDIUM
LARGE
MEDIUM
20%
$0
$300
$700
35%
$200
$0
$300
HIGH
Max
45%
$500
$300
$0
EOL
$500
$300
$700
$295
$195
$245
EMV
$400
$433
$300
$400
$500
$450
$695 EVUPI
8) A quality control procedure involves 100% inspection of parts received from a supplier.
Historical records show the following defective rates have been observed.
PERCENT DEFECTIVE
0
1
2
3
PROBABILITY
0.15
0.25
0.4
0.2
The cost for the quality control 100% inspection is $250 for each shipment of 500 parts.
If the shipment is not 100% inspected, defective parts will cause rework problems later in the production process.
The rework cost is $25 for each defective part.
Complete the following payoff table, where the entries represent the total cost of inspection and reworking:
a) The plant manager is considering eliminating the inspection process in order to save the $250
inspection cost per shipment. Do you support this action? Use EMV to justify your answer.
Only if goodwill, handling, and all other associated costs other than the $25
rework costs are not expected to exceed $44 per batch of 500
b) Show the decision tree for this problem.
Percent Defective
100% Inspection
Defects if No Inspection
Probabilities
Costs of no inspection
0
$250
0
15%
0
1
$250
5
25%
125
2
$250
10
40%
250
3
$250
15
20%
375
Exp'd Cost
$250
$206
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#9
P(C)
P(~C)
EMV
$(50,000)
0.35
0.65
$ 600,000
C
0.35
~C
0.65
# 10
P(F|C)
P(U|C)
P(F|~C)
P(U|~C)
C
0.315
0.035
0.35
F
U
0.9
0.1
0.5
0.5
$(400,000)
~C
0.325
0.325
0.65
0.64
0.36
1
P(C|F)
0.492188 $ 600,000
EMV
92,188
Invest
Don't Invest
P(~C|F)
EMV
Favorable
59,000
0.64
$(400,000)
0.507813
$
P(C|U)
Unfavorable
0.36
0.097222 $ 600,000
EMV
(302,778)
Invest
P(~C|U)
Don't Invest
EMV
$
0.902778
$
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$(400,000)
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Boiler Plate
F
U
Tot
S
36
4
40
F
30
30
60
Tot
66
34
100
F
20
20
40
Tot
74
26
100
S
0.9
0.1
1
F
0.5
0.5
1
Tot
1.4
0.6
2
F
0.5
0.5
1
Tot
1.4
0.6
2
Boiler Plate
F
U
Tot
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12 & 13
# 12
Mega
Turnip
Prob
Small
Medium
Great
EMV
$ 200,000 $
1,000,000 $
3,000,000 $ 960,000 = choose this with no sample data
$ 900,000 $
900,000 $
900,000 $ 900,000
0.3
0.6
0.1
# 13
P(F|S)
P(F|M)
P(F|G)
Joint
Fav
Unf
0.2 P(U|S)
0.5 P(U|M)
0.9 P(U|G)
Small
0.8
0.5
0.1
Medium
0.06
0.24
0.3
Great
0.3
0.3
0.6
Tot
0.09
0.01
0.1
Posteriors Small
Medium
Great
P(Size|F) 0.133333333 0.6666666667
0.2
P(Size|U) 0.436363636 0.5454545455 0.0181818182
0.45
0.55
1
EMV(Mega)
1
1,293,333 => choose this if report favorable
1 $
687,273 => If unfavorable, go with Turnip
$
$
$
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1,077,000
117,000
50000
67,000
14
# 14
Make
20
40
50
Demand
20 40 50
20 20 20
20 40 40
20 40 50
20
40
50
Surplus
20 40 50
0 0
0
20 0
0
30 10 0
20
40
50
Lost Sales
20 40 50
0 20 30
0 0 10
0 0
0
20
40
50
20
40
50
20
20
40
50
20
20
40
50
I
P
Goodwill Loss
40
0
-5
0
0
0
0
Total Profit
40
115
110
55
230
25
200
115
230
0.2
0.3
0
0
0
50
-7.5
-2.5
0
50
Max
107.5 $ 115.00
227.5 $ 230.00
287.5 $ 287.50
287.5
0.5
Since the EMV is less than the $300 it will cost to open on Saturday, we won't!
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Min
$ 107.50
$ 55.00
$ 25.00
LaPlace
$ 110.83
$ 170.83
$ 170.83
14
Regret
$ 180.00
$ 60.00
$ 90.00
EVUPI=
EVPI=
EMV
$ 109.75
$ 193.75
$ 208.75
$ 235.75
$ 27.00
EOL
$ 126.00
$ 42.00
$ 27.00
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Initial Conditional
P( I | S)
P( Not I | S )
chksum
P(S1)
P(S2)
Joint
P(I)
P(NOT I)
Tot
P(S1)
Posterior Conditional
P( S | I )
P( S | NOT I )
P(S1)
P(S2)
P(S3)
chksum
0.1904761905 0.2380952381 0.571428571
0.2011173184 0.530726257 0.268156425
0.1
0.9
1
P(S3)
0.05
0.95
1
P(S2)
0.02
0.18
0.2
0.2
0.8
1
P(S3)
0.025
0.475
0.5
Tot
0.06
0.24
0.3
0.105
0.895
1
1
1
16) The payoff table showing profit for a decision problem with two states of nature
and three decision alternatives is presented below:
The prior probabilities for S1 and S2 are P(S1) = 0.8 and P(S2) = 0.2
a) Using only the prior probabilities and the expected monetary value criterion, find the optimal decision.
Answer: D1
b) Find the EVPI.
Answer: $14
c) Suppose some indicator information I is obtained with P(I|S1) = 0.2 and P(I|S2)= 0.75.
Find the posterior probabilities P(S1|I) and P(S2|I).
Recommend a decision alternative based on these probabilities.
Answer: If I, make decision D3, if Not I, make decision D1.
S1
Probabilities
D1
D2
D3
S2
0.8
$15
$10
$8
EMV
0.2
$10
$12
$20
$14
$10
$10
Initial Conditionals
P(I | S)
P(Not I | S)
Chksum
S1
Joint Probabilities
P(I)
P(Not I)
Total
S1
Posterior Conditionals
P(S | I)
P(S | Not I)
S1
Given I
Probabilities
D1
D2
D3
S1
Given Not I
Probabilities
D1
D2
D3
S1
S2
0.20
0.80
1.00
0.75
0.25
1.00
S2
0.16
0.64
0.80
0.15
0.05
0.20
Total
0.31
0.69
1.00
0.48
0.07
Chksum
1.00
1.00
S2
0.52
0.93
S2
0.52
$15
$10
$8
EMV
0.48
$10
$12
$20
S2
0.93
$15
$10
$8
$13
$11
$14 *MAX*
EMV
0.07
$10
$12
$20
$15 *MAX
$10
$9
17) Hales TV Productions has a choice to make on a new series to which it has rights:
They can either produce a pilot itself and hope to find a network to carry it,
or they can sell the rights to a competitor.
It may turn out to a major, medium, or minor production.
The payoff table for Hale's TV Productions is as follows:
States of Nature
Minor
Medium
0.2
0.3
($100,000)
$50,000
$100,000
$100,000
Major
0.5
$150,000
$100,000
EMV
$70,000
$100,000 *MAX*
For a consulting fee of $2500 an agency will review the plans for the comedy series and indicate the
overall chances of a favorable network reaction to the series. If the special agency review results in
a favorable (I1) or an unfavorable (I2) evaluation, what should Hale's decision strategy be?
Assume Hale believes the following conditional probabilities are realistic appraisals of the agency's evaluation accuracy:
P(I1|S1)=0.3
P(I1|S2)=0.6
P(I1|S3)=0.9
P(I2|S1)=0.7
P(I2|S2)=0.4
P(I2|S3)=0.1
Initial Conditionals
P(Fav | SoN)
P(Unfav | SoN)
Minor
Medium
0.6
0.4
Major
0.3
0.7
Joint Probabilities
P(Fav)
P(Unfav)
Totals
Minor
0.06
0.14
0.2
Medium
0.18
0.12
0.3
Major
0.45
0.05
0.5
0.9
0.1
Totals
0.69
0.31
1
Posterior Conditionals
P(SoN | Fav)
P(SoN | Unfav)
Minor
0.09
0.45
Medium
0.26
0.39
Major
0.65
0.16
Totals
1
1
b) What is the recommended decision strategy and the expected value, assuming the agency information is obtained?
Once the agency info is obtained, you would produce the pilot if the report came back positive and sell it otherwise.
c) What is the EVSI? Is the $2500 consulting fee worth the information?
What is maximum Hale should be willing to pay for the consulting information?
The EVIS is $1500, which is less than what it costs, and is the MOST he would be willing to pay for it.
If he couldn't get the information for less than $1500, he would simply sell the production based upon prior probabilities
0.2
Minor
-100000
0.3
Medium
Produce Pilot
0
-100000
70000
50000
50000
0.5
Don't Hire Agency
Major
2
100000
150000
150000
Sell
100000
100000
Produce Pilot
1
100000
0 99673.91
0.69
Favorable
1
0 99673.91
Sell
100000
97500
Hire Agency
-2500
99000
Produce Pilot
0 -4112.903
0.31
Unfavorable
2
0
97500
Sell
100000
97500
-100000
50000
150000
100000
0.09
Minor
-102500
-100000
-102500
0.26
Medium
47500
50000
47500
0.65
Major
147500
150000
147500
97500
0.45
Minor
-102500
-100000
-102500
0.39
Medium
47500
50000
0.16
47500
Major
147500
150000
147500
97500
ID
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
15
16
17
18
19
Name
Value
0 TreePlan
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Prob
0
Pred
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
8
8
10
10
10
9
9
15
15
15
Kind
D
D
E
E
T
T
T
T
D
D
E
T
T
T
T
E
T
T
T
T
NS
S1
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
S2
1
3
8
5
0
0
0
0
10
15
12
0
0
0
0
17
0
0
0
0
S3
2
4
9
6
0
0
0
0
11
16
13
0
0
0
0
18
0
0
0
0
S4
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
0
0
0
19
0
0
0
0
S5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Row
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Col
27
12
42
7
17
2
7
12
32
52
27
37
22
27
32
47
57
42
47
52
Mark
1
5
5
9
9
13
13
13
9
9
13
13
17
17
17
13
13
17
17
17
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Birmingham
3000
3000
3000
0.5
No Return Load
3750
2500
Charlotte
2500
0
3750
2500
0.5
Return Load
5000
5000
5000
ID
Name
Value
0 TreePlan
1
2
3
4
Prob
0
0
0
0
Pred
0
0
0
2
2
Kind
D
T
E
T
T
NS
S1
2
0
2
0
0
S2
1
0
3
0
0
S3
2
0
4
0
0
S4
0
0
0
0
0
S5
0
0
0
0
0
Row
0
0
0
0
0
Col
5
2
9
7
12
1
5
5
9
9
Mark
1
1
1
1
1
Birmingham
3000
3000
Dont't Call
2
0
0.5
Return Load
3750
Charlotte
5000
0
3750
5000
0.5
No Return Load
2500
2500
Birmingham
3840
0.55
3000
2990
Busy
2
0 4535.455
Charlotte
0 4535.455
Call
-10
3840
Birmingham
0.45
3000
2990
Slow
1
0
2990
Charlotte
0 2767.778
Prior Conditionals
Busy
Slow
RL
0.9
0.1
NRL
0.20
0.80
Tot
0.5
0.5
Joint Probabilities
Busy
Slow
RL
0.45
0.05
NRL
0.10
0.40
Tot
0.55
0.45
Posterior Conditionals
Busy
Slow
RL 0.818182 0.111111
NRL 0.181818 0.888889
Tot
1
1
Tot
0.5
0.5
3000
5000
2500
2990
0.82
Return Load
4990
5000
4990
0.18
No Return Load
2490
2500
2490
2990
0.11
Return Load
4990
5000
4990
0.89
No Return Load
2490
2500
2490
ID
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
18
0
0
16
0
Name
Value
0 TreePlan
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Prob
0
Pred
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
5
2
2
0
0
6
6
14
14
16
16
7
7
8
8
Kind
D
T
E
T
T
D
E
D
D
T
T
T
T
T
E
T
E
NS
S1
2
0
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
S2
5
0
3
0
0
1
7
13
15
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
12
S3
6
0
4
0
0
2
8
14
16
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
11
S4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
S5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Row
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Col
16
2
9
7
12
5
27
20
35
27
22
42
37
17
24
32
39
Mark
1
9
9
13
13
5
5
9
9
17
17
17
17
13
13
13
13
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
#19
Net Payoff
NoBusch,noMARTA
Busch,noMARTA
MARTA,noBusch
MARTA and Busch
Probability
Excellent
Fairly Good
Awful
P(Excellent | Weather)
P(Fairly Good | Weather)
P(Awful | Weather)
P(Weather | Excellent)
P(Weather | Fairly Good)
P(Weather | Awful)
Excelent
No Busch, no MARTA
Busch, no MARTA
MARTA, no Busch
MARTA and Busch
Probability
Cold
Wet
($375,000)
($550,000)
($225,000)
($270,000)
0.1
Cold
Dry
($212,500)
($355,000)
($533,750)
($640,500)
0.15
Warm
Wet
$112,500
$35,000
$457,500
$549,000
0.4
Warm
Dry
$2,062,500
$2,375,000
$1,968,750
$2,362,500
0.35
Cold
Wet
5
10
35
50
Cold
Dry
10
30
10
50
Warm
Wet
15
25
20
60
Warm
Dry
80
15
5
100
Cold
Wet
0.1
0.2
0.7
1
Cold
Warm
Dry
Wet
0.2
0.25
0.6 0.416666667
0.2 0.333333333
1
1
Warm
Dry
0.8
0.15
0.05
1
Cold
Wet
0.01
0.02
0.07
0.1
Cold
Warm
Dry
Wet
0.03
0.1
0.09 0.166666667
0.03 0.133333333
0.15
0.4
Cold
Wet
0.0238095238
0.0607594937
0.2790697674
0.3636387849
Cold
Wet
-375000
-550000
-225000
-270000
0.0238095238
Cold
Dry
0.0714285714
0.2734177215
0.1196013289
0.4644476219
Cold
Dry
Warm
Wet
0.238095238
0.506329114
0.531561462
1.275985814
Warm
Wet
-212500
112500
-355000
35000
-533750
457500
-640500
549000
0.0714285714 0.238095238
EMV
697,500
737,000
769,500
923,400 *
110
80
70
260
Warm
Dry
0.28
0.42
0.0525 0.329166667
0.0175 0.250833333
0.35
1
Warm
Dry
0.666666667
0.159493671
0.069767442
0.895927779
1
1
1
3
Warm
Dry
EMV
2062500
1,377,679
2375000
1,553,214
1968750
1,377,946
2362500
1,653,536 *
0.666666667
Fairly Good
Cold
Wet
No Busch, no MARTA
Busch, no MARTA
MARTA, no Busch
MARTA and Busch
Probability
-375000
-550000
-225000
-270000
0.0607594937
Awful
Cold
Wet
No Busch, no MARTA
Busch, no MARTA
MARTA, no Busch
MARTA and Busch
Probability
Warm
Wet
-212500
112500
-355000
35000
-533750
457500
-640500
549000
0.2734177215 0.506329114
Cold
Dry
-375000
-550000
-225000
-270000
0.2790697674
Excellent
Fairly Good
Awful
Warm
Wet
-212500
112500
-355000
35000
-533750
457500
-640500
549000
0.1196013289 0.531561462
Warm
Dry
EMV
2062500
305,032
2375000
266,038
1968750
386,041
2362500
463,249 *
0.159493671
Warm
Dry
EMV
2062500
73,630
2375000
(11,645)
1968750
253,916
2362500
304,699 *
0.069767442
694,485
152,486
76,429
923,400
0
0
NoBusch,noMARTA
Busch,noMARTA
MARTA,noBusch
MARTA and Busch
Probability
Ideal
Cold
Dry
Cold
Wet
($375,000)
($550,000)
($225,000)
($270,000)
0.10
($225,000)
Cold
Dry
($212,500)
($355,000)
($533,750)
($640,500)
0.15
($212,500)
Warm
Wet
$112,500
$35,000
$457,500
$549,000
0.40
$549,000
Warm
Dry
$2,062,500
$2,375,000
$1,968,750
$2,362,500
0.35
$2,375,000
EMV
697,500
737,000
769,500
923,400
996,475 = EVUPI
73,075 = EVPI
20
# 20
P(Good) P(Bad)
0.9
0.1
Good
P(Given Credit | Risk)
P(Not Given Credit | Risk)
Joint
Given Credit
Not Given Credit
P(Risk | Credit)
P(Risk | No Credit)
Bad
0.9
0.1
Good
0.2
0.8
Bad
0.81
0.09
Tot
0.02
0.08
0.83
0.17
Good
Bad
0.975904 0.024096 = P(Guido will have to break his legs)
0.529412 0.470588
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