Determine the best decision, using the following decision criteria Maximax Maximin LaPlace
QUESTION A
The Miramar Company is going to introduce one of three new products: a widget, a hummer, or a nimnot. The market conditions (favorable, stable, or unfavorable) will determine the profit or loss the company realizes, as shown in the following payoff table:
State of Nature
Favourable Stable Unfavourable
Product 0.2 0.7 0.1
Widget $ 120,000 $ 70,000 $ –30,000
Hummer 60,000 40,000 20,000
Nimnot 35,000 30,000 30,000
- Determine the best decision, using the following decision criteria
- Maximax
- Maximin
LaPlace
![](/static/compass_v2/shared-icons/check-mark.png)
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 6 steps with 6 images
![Blurred answer](/static/compass_v2/solution-images/blurred-answer.jpg)
![Practical Management Science](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781337406659/9781337406659_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Operations Management](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781259667473/9781259667473_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781259666100/9781259666100_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Practical Management Science](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781337406659/9781337406659_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Operations Management](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781259667473/9781259667473_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781259666100/9781259666100_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Business in Action](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780135198100/9780135198100_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Purchasing and Supply Chain Management](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781285869681/9781285869681_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi…](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781478623069/9781478623069_smallCoverImage.gif)