Question: 1 . ( 2 0 points ) A chocolatier must decide each week how many artisanal chocolates to make during the week to sell at

1.(20 points) A chocolatier must decide each week how many artisanal chocolates to make during the week to sell at Saturday's farmer's market. - Each chocolate can be sold for \(\$ 20\).- He prefers to store no more than 7 chocolates at his shop at any point in time. - Each week, there is: -\(10\%\) chance one customer wants to buy a chocolate, -\(10\%\) chance he sees a demand of 2 chocolates, -\(10\%\) chance he sees a demand of 3 chocolates, -\(10\%\) chance he sees a demand of 4 chocolate, -\(10\%\) chance he sees a demand of 5 chocolates, -\(20\%\) chance he sees a demand of 6 chocolates, -\(20\%\) chance he sees a demand of 7 chocolates, and -\(10\%\) chance no customers are interested in buying chocolates. - If he has no chocolates with him when a customer comes on Saturday, the customer leaves without buying one. - On those weeks that he chooses to make chocolate, the chocolatier must use the kitchen that cost \(\$ 20\) per week. - In addition, it costs him \(\$ 2\) to make each chocolate. Chocolates not sold at the end of the year can be sold for \(\$ 5\) by then. Formulate this problem as a Markov decision process, in which the objective is to maximize the total expected income over the next 8 weeks (assuming there are only 8 weeks left this year). Clearly indicate the 8 basic components of this MDP.
1 . ( 2 0 points ) A chocolatier must decide each

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