A Couple, Both Recently Graduated Engineers, Are Deciding on Some

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Essay

A couple, both recently graduated engineers, are deciding on some details for their honeymoon. They have looked at a "honeymoon suite review" for their hotel of interest on the internet and have developed a matrix of outcomes that is presented in the table below. They decide to use the satisficing, nondimensional scaling, and additive weighting methods to help make their decision. Assume the nondimensional values given to the ratings were excellent = 1.0, good = 0.8, fair = 0.5, and poor = 0.1. What can they conclude? $\begin{array}{l|l|l|l|l|l}\hline\text { Attributes}&\text { Weight}&\text { Alternative I}&\text { Alternative II }&\text { Alternative III}&\text { Acceptable Ra}\\\hline \text { st per night } & 0.21 & \$ 29,000 & \$ 27,000 & \$ 26,000 &\begin{array}{llcc}\$ 26,000- \\\$ 30,0\end{array} \\\hline \text { tel condition } & 0.20 & \text { Good } & \text { Good } & \text { Excellent }&\begin{array}{llcc} \text {Good- } \\ \text {Excelle }\end{array} \\\hline \text { tel service } & 0.33 & 89 & 91 & 97 &92-100 \\\hline \text { om } \\\text { cleanliness } & 0.16 & 96 & 98 & 99& 96-100 \\\hline \text { om comfort } & 0.28 & 90 & 95 & 100 &95-100 \\\hline\end{array}$

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Definitions:

Ionic Compound

Ions combined through the strength of electrostatic attractions to form a chemical compound, in a process called ionic bonding.

Sodium

A soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal and an essential element in animal nutrition, symbolized as Na.

Nitrogen

A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that constitutes about 78% of the Earth's atmosphere; it is a critical element in the makeup of amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids.

Ionic Compound

A substance made up of positively and negatively charged ions that are combined in a ratio to neutralize the charges.