Andrew Thomas, a sandwich vendor at Hard Rock Cafe's annual Rockfest, created a table of conditional values for the various alternatives (stocking decision) and states of nature (size of crowd) States of Nature (demand) Average $12,000 $9,000 $8,100 Small -$2,000 Big $22.000 Alternatives Large Stock Average Stock Small Stock $12,000 $6,000 $9,000 $4,000 The probabilities associated with the states of nature are 0.20 for a big demand, 0.45 for an average demand, and 0.35 for a small demand a) The alternative that provides Andrew Thomas the greatest expected monetary value (EMV) is
Andrew Thomas, a sandwich vendor at Hard Rock Cafe's annual Rockfest, created a table of conditional values for the various alternatives (stocking decision) and states of nature (size of crowd) States of Nature (demand) Average $12,000 $9,000 $8,100 Small -$2,000 Big $22.000 Alternatives Large Stock Average Stock Small Stock $12,000 $6,000 $9,000 $4,000 The probabilities associated with the states of nature are 0.20 for a big demand, 0.45 for an average demand, and 0.35 for a small demand a) The alternative that provides Andrew Thomas the greatest expected monetary value (EMV) is
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