-Consider the reduced form of the Sink-the-Battleship Game depicted in Figure 6.4 where 1 designates a "hit" and 0 designates a "miss." Acre's optimal mixing rule is to program its computer to:
A) Randomly select IGDB one out of two times.
B) Randomly select IHFC one out of two times.
C) Randomly select IGDB one out of 3 times.
D) Randomly select IHFC one out of 3 times.
E) None of the above.

Question

-Consider the reduced form of the Sink-the-Battleship Game depicted in Figure 6.4 where 1 designates a "hit" and 0 designates a "miss." Acre's optimal mixing rule is to program its computer to:
A) Randomly select IGDB one out of two times. 
B) Randomly select IHFC one out of two times. 
C) Randomly select IGDB one out of 3 times. 
D) Randomly select IHFC one out of 3 times. 
E) None of the above.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The optimal mixing rule for Acre's computer would depend on the specific probabilities and payoffs in the game, which are not provided in the options. Therefore, none of the given choices can be determined as correct without additional information.

-Consider the Reduced Form of the Sink-The-Battleship Game Depicted in Figure