\setupcolors[state=start] \input verb-matlab \starttext \startMATLAB n = 150e5 ; p = 0.9 ; d = 300 ; r = 100 ; m_total = n:(n+40) ; warning off; %%. Refundable Tickets cost = zeros(length(m_total),1) ; for m = m_total for k = 0:n cost(m-n+1) = cost(m-n+1) + k*d*nchoosek(m,k)*p^k*(1-p)^(m - k) ; end; for k = (n+1):m cost(m-n+1) = cost(m-n+1) + (n*d - (k-n)*r)*nchoosek(m,k)*p^k*(1-p)^(m-k) ; end; end; [value,count] = max(cost) ; disp(sprintf('The maximum occurs at %d',count+n-1)) ; figure(1); plot(m_total,cost) ; %%. Nonrefundable Case cost = zeros(length(m_total),1) ; for m = m_total for k = 0:n cost(m-n+1) = cost(m-n+1) + k*d*nchoosek(m,k)*p^k*(1-p)^(m - k) ; end; for k = (n+1):m cost(m-n+1) = cost(m-n+1) + (m*d - (k-n)*(d+r))*nchoosek(m,k)*p^k*(1-p)^(m-k) ; end; end; [value,count] = max(cost) ; disp(sprintf('The maximum occurs at %d',count+n-1)) ; figure(2); plot(m_total,cost) ; \stopMATLAB \stoptext