Question: After buying a computer system, Sim Thomas must decide whether to purchase (1) a complete service contract at a cost of $1300, which would cover
After buying a computer system, Sim Thomas must decide whether to purchase (1) a complete service contract at a cost of $1300, which would cover all maintenance costs; (2) a partial service contract at a cost of $700, which would require Thomas to pay the first $1000 of the maintenance and the rest will be covered by the service agreement; or (3) no service contract. The consequences, costs and probabilities are given in the following table:
| MAINTENANCE REQUIRED $ | 0 | 500 | 1000 | 1500 | 3000 |
| Probabilities | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Show the Payoff table below
What is your decision if you use the conservative criteria?
Show the regret matrix below and then decide using the minmax regret criteria.
Show expected cost of each decision and then decide using the EMV criteria.
What is EPPI and EVPI if you use EMV criteria?
Find EPPI and EVPI if we use the EMV criteria as specified in part d).
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