Kenneth Brown is the principal owner of Brown Oil, Inc. After qu

Kenneth Brown is the principal owner of Brown Oil, Inc. After qu

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3-17:

Kenneth Brown is the principal owner of Brown Oil, Inc. After quitting his university teaching job, Ken has been able to increase his annual salary by a factor of over 100. At the present time, Ken is forced to consider purchasing some more equipment for Brown Oil because of competition. His alternatives are shown in the following table:

EQUIPMENT FAVORITE MARKET UNFAVORABLE MARKET
Sub 100 300,000 -200,000
Oiler J 250,000 -100,000
Texan 75,000 -18,000

For example, if Ken purchases a Sub 100 and if there is a favorable market, he will realize a profit of \$300,000. On the other hand, if the market is unfavorable, Ken will suffer a loss of$200,000. But Ken has always been a very optimistic decision maker.

a.)    What type of decision is Ken facing?

b.)    What decision criterion should he use?

c.)    What alternative is best?

3-19:

The Lubricant is an expensive oil newsletter to which many oil giants subscribe, including Ken Brown (see Problem 3-17 for details). In the last issue, the letter described how the demand for oil products would be extremely high. Apparently, the American consumer will continue to use oil products even if the price of these products doubles. Indeed, one of the articles in the Lubricant states that the chances of a favorable market for oil products was 70%, while the chance of an unfavorable market was only 30%. Ken would like to use these probabilities in determining the best decision.

a.)    What decision model should be used?

b.)    What is the optimal decision?

c.)    Ken believes that the $300,000 figure for the Sub 100 with a favorable market is too high. How much lower would this figure have to be for Ken to change his decision made in part (b)? 3-24: Todays Electronics specializes in manufacturing modern electronic components. It also builds the equipment that produces the components. Phyllis Weinberger, who is responsible for advising the president of Todays Electronics on electronic manufacturing equipment, has developed the following table concerning a proposed facility: PROFIT ($)

STRONG MARKET FAIR MARKET POOR MARKET
Large facility 550,000 110,000 -300,000
Medium-sized facility 300,000 129,000 -100,000
Small facility 200,000 100,000 -32,000
No facility 0 0 0

(a.)  Develop an opportunity loss table.

(b.) What is the minimax regret decision?

3-26:

Megley Cheese Company is a small manufacture of several different cheese products. One of the products is a cheese spread that is sold to retail outlets. Jason Megley must decide how many cases of cheese spread to manufacture each month. The probability that the demand will be six cases is 0.1, for 7 cases is 0.3, for 8 cases is 0.5, and for 9 cases is 0.1. The cost of every case is \$45, and the price that Jason gets for each case is$95.00. Unfortunately, any cases not sold by the end of the month are of no value, due to spoilage. How many cases of cheese should Jason manufacture each month?

3-36:

Jerry Smith is thinking about opening a bicycle shop in his hometown. Jerry loves to take his own bike on 50-mile trips with his friends, but he believes that any small business should be started only if there is a good chance of making a profit. Jerry can open a small shop, a large shop, or no shop at all. The profits will depend on the size of the ship and whether the market is favorable or unfavorable for his products. Because there will be a 5-year lease on the building that Jerry is thinking about using, he wants to make sure that he makes the correct decision. Jerry is also thinking about hiring his old marketing professor to conduct a marketing research study. If the study is conducted, the study could be favorable (i.e., predicting a favorable market) or unfavorable (i.e., predicting an unfavorable market). Develop a decision tree for Jerry.

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