A farmer in Georgia must decide which crop to plant next year on his land: corn, peanuts or soybeans. The return from each crop will be determined by whether a new trade bill with Russia passes the senate. The profit the farmer will realize from eaech crop, given the two possible results on the trade bill, is shown in the following payoff table:
Trade Bill
Crop Pass Fail
Corn $35,000 $8,000
Peanuts $18,000 $12,000
Soybeans $22,000 $20,000
Determine the best crop to plant, using the following decision criteria.
a. Maximax
b. Maximin
c. Minimax regret
d. hurwiez (a=.3)
e. equal likelihood