Exercise 19 27 Algo Methods And Applications A Firm Designs And Manufactures Automatic Electronic Control Devices That 1 (92.16 KiB) Viewed 10 times
Exercise 19.27 (Algo) METHODS AND APPLICATIONS A firm designs and manufactures automatic electronic control devices that are installed at customers' plant sites. The control devices are shipped by truck to customers' sites; while in transit, the devices sometimes get out of alignment. More specifically, a device has a prior probability of .10 of getting out of alignment during shipment. When a control device is delivered to the customer's plant site, the customer can install the device. If the customer installs the device, and if the device is in alignment, the manufacturer of the control device will realize a profit of $15,000. If the customer installs the device, and if the device is out of alignment, the manufacturer must dismantle, realign, and reinstall the device for the customer. This procedure costs $3,000, and therefore the manufacturer will realize a profit of $12,000. As an alternative to customer installation, the manufacturer can send two engineers to the customer's plant site to check the alignment of the control device, to realign the device if necessary before installation, and to supervise the installation. Since it is less costly to realign the device before it is installed, sending the engineers costs $500. Therefore, if the engineers are sent to assist with the installation, the manufacturer realizes a profit of $14,500 (this is true whether or not the engineers must realign the device at the site). Before a control device is installed, a piece of test equipment can be used by the customer to check the device's alignment. The test equipment has two readings, "in" or "out" of alignment. If the control device is in alignment, there is a 0.9 probability that the test equipment will read "in." If the control device is out of alignment, there is a 0.7 probability that the test equipment will read "out." Carry out a posterior analysis of the control device problem. That is, decide whether the engineers should be sent, and find the expected monetary value associated with either sending or not sending (depending on which is best) the engineers assuming: (a) The test equipment "reads in." (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole number.) Test equipment "reads in": EMV(Not Send) EMV(Send) Choose: do not send 14,500 engineers
(b) The test equipment "reads out." (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole number.) Test equipment "reads out": EMV(Not Send) EMV(Send) Choose: send 14,500 engineers
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