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Select a strategy using each of the following rule.

StrategyStates-of-nature E1E_1States-of-nature E2E_2
S1S_140406060
S2S_21010−20-20
S3S_3−40-40150150

(i) Maximin (ii) Minimax

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Maximin selects the max of the row minima ⇒S1\Rightarrow S_1; Minimax selects the min of the row maxima ⇒S2\Rightarrow S_2.

List the row minimum and maximum of each strategy:

StrategyE1E_1E2E_2Row minRow max
S1S_140604060
S2S_210−20-20−20-2010
S3S_3−40-40150−40-40150

(i) Maximin. Take the maximum among the row minima {40,−20,−40}\{40,-20,-40\}; the largest is 4040, corresponding to S1S_1. So under Maximin, select S1S_1.

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