The CrystalTip Company has a production plan. The company wants to determine which of  their premium products to concentrate on producing for the next few months. The Payoff  table presented below shows the decision alternatives, states of nature (level of demand)  and the payoffs (profits).                                                                                 Payoff (profit 000)                                                                                                            states of nature Alternatives                                              Option                                                             Low                         Moderate                   High  Putpletip                                                         $1500                        $5,500                    $8,000 Goldtip                                                            -$150                         $6,250                   $10,500 Silvertip                                                          -$300                           $7,000                    $12,600 (a) Which alternative should the manager choose under the maximax criterion?   (b) Which option should the manager choose under the maximin criterion?  (c) Which option should the manager choose under the LaPlace criterion? (d) Which option should the manager choose with the Hurwicz criterion with α = 0.7?  (e) Using a minimax regret approach, what alternative should be chosen?  (f) After reading about economic predictions, the manager has assigned the probability of low,  moderate or high at 40%, 30% and 30% respectively. Using expected monetary values, what  option should be chosen and what is the optimal expected value?

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The CrystalTip Company has a production plan. The company wants to determine which of 
their premium products to concentrate on producing for the next few months. The Payoff 
table presented below shows the decision alternatives, states of nature (level of demand) 
and the payoffs (profits).


                                                                                Payoff (profit 000) 

                                                                                                          states of nature
Alternatives                                             
Option                                                             Low                         Moderate                   High 
Putpletip                                                         $1500                        $5,500                    $8,000
Goldtip                                                            -$150                         $6,250                   $10,500
Silvertip                                                          -$300                           $7,000                    $12,600


(a) Which alternative should the manager choose under the maximax criterion?  
(b) Which option should the manager choose under the maximin criterion? 
(c) Which option should the manager choose under the LaPlace criterion?
(d) Which option should the manager choose with the Hurwicz criterion with α = 0.7? 
(e) Using a minimax regret approach, what alternative should be chosen? 
(f) After reading about economic predictions, the manager has assigned the probability of low, 
moderate or high at 40%, 30% and 30% respectively. Using expected monetary values, what 
option should be chosen and what is the optimal expected value? 
(g) What is the most that should be paid for additional information? Use Expected Regret )
(h) Use the alternative method to verify EVPI 

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