Homework SourseThe director of social services of a county has learned that
The director of social services of a county has learned that the state has mandated additional information requirements. This will place an additional burden on the agency. The director has identified three acceptable alternatives to handle the increased workload. One alternative is to reassign present staff members, the second is to hire and train two new workers, and the third is to redesign current practice so that workers can readily collect the information with little additional effort. An unknown factor is the caseload for the coming year when the new data will be collected on a trial basis. The estimated costs for various options and caseloads are shown in the following table:
CASELOAD
Moderate
High
Very High
Reassign staff
$50*
60
85
New staff
60
60
60
Redesign collection
40
50
90
*Cost in $ thousands.
Assuming that past experience has shown the probabilities of various caseloads to be unreliable, what decision would be appropriate using each of the following criteria?
Assuming that past experience has shown the probabilities of various caseloads to be unreliable, what decision would be appropriate using maximin?
Assuming that past experience has shown the probabilities of various caseloads to be unreliable, what decision would be appropriate using the Maximax criteria?
Assuming that past experience has shown the probabilities of various caseloads to be unreliable, what decision would be appropriate using the minimax regret criteria?
Assuming that past experience has shown the probabilities of various caseloads to be unreliable, what decision would be appropriate using the laplace criteria?
a. Reassign
b. New staff
c. Redesign
| CASELOAD | |||
| Moderate | High | Very High | |
| Reassign staff | $50* | 60 | 85 |
| New staff | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Redesign collection | 40 | 50 | 90 |
Solution
Assuming that past experience has shown the probabilities of various caseloads to be unreliable, what decision would be appropriate using maximin?
reasign staff 50
new staff 60
redesign 40
max = new staff = 60
Assuming that past experience has shown the probabilities of various caseloads to be unreliable, what decision would be appropriate using the Maximax criteria?
Reassign staff 85
New staff 60
Redesign collection 90
maxi max = redesign collection = 90
Assuming that past experience has shown the probabilities of various caseloads to be unreliable, what decision would be appropriate using the minimax regret criteria?
CASELOAD
Moderate
High
Very High
Reassign staff
10
0
5
New staff
0
0
30
Redesign collection
20
10
0
reassignment staff 10
new staff 30
Redesign collection 20
min = reasignment staff
for the last literal I can gladly help you but you should post it in a new question
| CASELOAD | |||
| Moderate | High | Very High | |
| Reassign staff | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| New staff | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Redesign collection | 20 | 10 | 0 |
