Deborah​ Hollwager, a concessionaire for the Amway Center in​ Orlando, has developed a table of conditional values for the various alternatives​ (stocking decision) and states of nature​ (size of​ crowd):                                                                                                            States of Nature​ (size of​ crowd) Alternatives Large Average Small Large Inventory $20,000 $10,000 -$2,000 Average Inventory $12,000 $12,000 $8,000 Small Inventory $10,000 $6,000 $5,000

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Deborah​ Hollwager, a concessionaire for the Amway Center in​ Orlando, has developed a table of conditional values for the
various alternatives​ (stocking decision) and states of nature​ (size of​ crowd):
                                                                                                        
 
States of Nature​ (size of​ crowd)
Alternatives
Large
Average
Small
Large Inventory
$20,000
$10,000
-$2,000
Average Inventory
$12,000
$12,000
$8,000
Small Inventory
$10,000
$6,000
$5,000
 
Probabilities associated with the states of nature are 0.35 for a large​ crowd, 0.50 for an average​ crowd, and 0.15 for a small crowd.
​a) The alternative that provides Deborah the greatest expected monetary value__________
The EMV for this decision is $_______
b) For Deborah the expected value of the perfect information (EVPI) =$____
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The expected monetary value is the analysis of statistics which is useful in calculating the average overcome if the scenario may or may not happen in the future.

 

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