Hale's Productions is considering producing a pilot for a comedy series in the hope of selling it to a major streaming service. The streaming service may decide to reject the series, but it may also decide to purchase the rights to the series for either one or two years. At this point in time, Hale may either produce the pilot and wait for the streaming service's decision or transfer the rights for the pilot and series to a competitor for $100,000. Hale's decision alternatives and profits (in thousands of dollars) are as follows: Decision Alternative P(F) = 0.69 P(U) = 0.31 P(S₁IF) = 0.07 P(S₂IF) = 0.29 P(S3IF) = 0.64 Reject, S₁ Produce pilot, d₁ Sell to competitor, d₂ The probabilities for the states of nature are P(S₁) = 0.1878, P(S₂) = 0.3210, and P(S3) = 0.4912. For a consulting fee of $5,000, an agency will review the plans for the comedy series and indicate the overall chances of a favorable streaming service reaction to the series. Assume that the agency review will result in a favorable (F) or an unfavorable (U) review and that the following probabilities are relevant. P(S₁IU) = 0.45 P(S₂IU) = 0.39 P(S₂|U)= 0.16 -100 State of Nature 100 1 Year, S2 2 Years, S3 50 100 150 100
Hale's Productions is considering producing a pilot for a comedy series in the hope of selling it to a major streaming service. The streaming service may decide to reject the series, but it may also decide to purchase the rights to the series for either one or two years. At this point in time, Hale may either produce the pilot and wait for the streaming service's decision or transfer the rights for the pilot and series to a competitor for $100,000. Hale's decision alternatives and profits (in thousands of dollars) are as follows: Decision Alternative P(F) = 0.69 P(U) = 0.31 P(S₁IF) = 0.07 P(S₂IF) = 0.29 P(S3IF) = 0.64 Reject, S₁ Produce pilot, d₁ Sell to competitor, d₂ The probabilities for the states of nature are P(S₁) = 0.1878, P(S₂) = 0.3210, and P(S3) = 0.4912. For a consulting fee of $5,000, an agency will review the plans for the comedy series and indicate the overall chances of a favorable streaming service reaction to the series. Assume that the agency review will result in a favorable (F) or an unfavorable (U) review and that the following probabilities are relevant. P(S₁IU) = 0.45 P(S₂IU) = 0.39 P(S₂|U)= 0.16 -100 State of Nature 100 1 Year, S2 2 Years, S3 50 100 150 100
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Transcribed Image Text:Hale's Productions is considering producing a pilot for a comedy series in the hope of selling it to a major streaming service.
The streaming service may decide to reject the series, but it may also decide to purchase the rights to the series for either one
or two years. At this point in time, Hale may either produce the pilot and wait for the streaming service's decision or transfer
the rights for the pilot and series to a competitor for $100,000. Hale's decision alternatives and profits (in thousands of
dollars) are as follows:
Decision Alternative
P(F) = 0.69
P(U) = 0.31
P(S₁IF) = = 0.07
P(S₂IF) = 0.29
P(S3IF) = 0.64
Produce pilot, d₁
Sell to competitor, d₂
The probabilities for the states of nature are P(S₁) = 0.1878, P(S₂) 0.3210, and P(S3) = 0.4912. For a consulting fee of
$5,000, an agency will review the plans for the comedy series and indicate the overall chances of a favorable streaming
service reaction to the series. Assume that the agency review will result in a favorable (F) or an unfavorable (U) review and
that the following probabilities are relevant.
P(S₁IU) = 0.45
P(S₂1U) = 0.39
P(S3|U) = 0.16
Agency
No Agency
Reject, S1
2
F
-100
100
thousand dollars
(a) Construct a decision tree for this problem. (Enter your answers in thousands of dollars.)
S₁
$2
3
3
4
State of Nature
5
1 Year, S₂ 2 Years, S3
(g) What is the recommended decision?
d₁
d₂
(f) Is the agency's information worth the $5,000 fee?
Yes
No
d₂
What is the expected value (in thousands of dollars)?
thousand dollars
d₁
Agency; if favorable, produce the pilot
Agency; if unfavorable, sell to competitor
No agency; sell to competitor
No agency; produce the pilot
d₂
50
100
6
8
9
10
=
11
$₂
S3
S₁
52
53
S1
S2
$3
S₁
52
$3
(b) What is the recommended decision if the agency opinion is not used?
produce pilot, d₁
sell to competitor, d₂
S1
52
150
$3
(c) What is the expected value of perfect information (in thousands of dollars)?
thousand dollars
100
(d) What is Hale's optimal decision strategy assuming the agency's information is used?
If favorable, ---Select--- ✓ If unfavorable, ---Select--- ♥
(e) What is the expected value (in thousands of dollars) of the agency's information? (Round your answer to two decimal
places.)
m
What is the maximum that Hale should be willing to pay (in thousands of dollars) for the information? (Round your
answer to two decimal places.)
thousand dollars
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Transcribed Image Text:(a) Construct a decision tree for this problem. (Enter your answers in thousands of dollars.)
Decision Tree
Description
Agency
1
No Agency
3
5
What is the expected value (in thousands of dollars)?
100000
* thousand dollars
6
10
(b) What is the recommended decision if the agency opinion is not used?
O produce pilot, d₂
Ⓒsell to competitor, d₂
$3
(f) Is the agency's information worth the $5,000 fee?
O Yes
Ⓒ No
-105000
45000
145000
95000
95000
95000
-105000
45000
145000
95000
95000
95000
-100000
50000
150000
100000
100000
100000
(c) What is the expected value of perfect information (in thousands of dollars)?
24560
* thousand dollars
(d) What is Hale's optimal decision strategy assuming the agency's information is used?
If favorable, produce
.If unfavorable, sell
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
(e) What is the expected value (in thousands of dollars) of the agency's information? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
102415
X thousand dollars
What is the maximum that Hale should be willing to pay (in thousands of dollars) for the information? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
2415
* thousand dollars
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