Consider the following matrix of expected profits (in units of $1K) versus potential
future material price scenarios (P1 - P5), for five different designs (D1 - D5):
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
D1 10 20 30 40 50
D2 20 25 25 30 35
D3 50 40 5 15 20
D4 40 35 30 25 25
D5 10 20 25 30 20
a) Which design would you choose using maximin rule?
b) Which design would you choose using maximax rule?
c) Graph the Hurwicz rule versus ? Can you eliminate any choices? Which one would you choose for f = 0.2?