Provide all techniques practiced previously:  five (5) techniques for Decisions Making under Uncertainty, EMV, EOL, and EVPI. Use α = 0.7 for the Hurwicz.

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  1. Using Excel Spreadsheet and formulas for this problem (make sure cell references are unique to your table).  Provide all techniques practiced previously:  five (5) techniques for Decisions Making under Uncertainty, EMV, EOL, and EVPI. Use α = 0.7 for the Hurwicz. Use the .50 for the probability of a Good Economy and .50 for the probability of a Poor Economy. Show the work on an Excel file.

 

 

STATE OF NATURE

DECISION ALTERNATIVE

GOOD ECONOMY

POOR ECONOMY

Sotck market

80,000

-20,000

Bonds

30,000

20,000

CDs

23,000

23,000

 

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Step 1: Introduce the decision making techniques

There are situations in the business that are uncertain and that make the decision-making complex. To help in making decisions in these situations, different techniques can be used. In the given question, the techniques that will be used to make decisions will be maximin, maximax, Laplace, Harwicz, EOL, EMV, and EVPI. 

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