probabilities and payoffs

gysgtclarke
slide30-31.ppt

Decision Tree Analysis

  • Effective decision tool to consider consequences of series of decisions
  • Helps to quantify outcomes based on “educated guess” of probability of events
  • Can estimate “states of nature” as well as business conditions
  • Disciplines you to consider alternative scenarios.

See p. 347 of Bus. Statistics for Dec. Tree.

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