A company is introducing a new product into the market. If the sales are high, there is a 0.6 probability that they will remain so next month. If they are not, the probability that will become high next month is only 0.1. The company has the option of launching an advertisement campaign. If it does and the sales are high, the probability that they will remain high next month will increase to 0.7. On the other hand, an advertising campaign while the sales are low will raise the probability to only 0.3. If no advertisement is used and the sales are high, the returns (in thousands of dollars) are expected to be 9 if the sales remain high next month and 3 if they do not. The corresponding returns if the product starts with low sales are 6 and -3. Using advertisement will result in returns of 8 if the product starts with high sales and continues to be so and 5 if it does not. If the sales start low, the returns are 4 and -6, depending on whether or not they remain high. Obtain the expected returns resulting from a single transition from state i given alternative k, k=1 (without advertisement policy), k=2 (with advertisement policy) Compute the long-run (steady state) probabilities of the transition matrix, associated with alternative k, k=1 and 2 Compare the alternatives by determining the long-run expected return per transition step, associated with alternative k, k=1 and 2

College Algebra

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Author:Ron Larson

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Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

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A company is introducing a new product into the market. If the sales are high, there is a 0.6 probability that they will remain so next month. If they are not, the probability that will become high next month is only 0.1. The company has the option of launching an advertisement campaign. If it does and the sales are high, the probability that they will remain high next month will increase to 0.7. On the other hand, an advertising campaign while the sales are low will raise the probability to only 0.3.

If no advertisement is used and the sales are high, the returns (in thousands of dollars) are expected to be 9 if the sales remain high next month and 3 if they do not. The corresponding returns if the product starts with low sales are 6 and -3. Using advertisement will result in returns of 8 if the product starts with high sales and continues to be so and 5 if it does not. If the sales start low, the returns are 4 and -6, depending on whether or not they remain high.

Obtain the expected returns resulting from a single transition from state i given alternative k, k=1 (without advertisement policy), k=2 (with advertisement policy)
Compute the long-run (steady state) probabilities of the transition matrix, associated with alternative k, k=1 and 2
Compare the alternatives by determining the long-run expected return per transition step, associated with alternative k, k=1 and 2.