Excel can solve equations through several of its mathematical functions, but the single Excel tool that works on the largest variety of equations is the program's Solver Add-in. This tool reads an ...

Minimize costs? Create a conference schedule with fewest early-morning sessions? In this excerpt from the book Data Smart, find out how to use Excel's free Solver add-in to do some data science ...

The popular Solver for Excel add-on has been redeveloped for Excel 2008 by Frontline Systems and Microsoft.

There are tough problems that every business faces, and they can slow things down, make budgets stretch, or put off decisions ...

This guide will walk you through the three primary what-if analysis tools in Excel: Scenarios, Goal Seek, and Data Tables, along with additional tools like the Solver add-in.

SAMPLE PLANNING WITH EXCEL’S SOLVER TOOL In this article, we demonstrate a two-step process using the Excel Solver tool to (1) select strata boundaries and (2) determine the sample size needed to meet ...

Along with Visual Basic for Applications, the scripting language used in many business-oriented spreadsheets, Excel also lost Solver when it was upgraded to be included in Office 2008. Since ...

But in reality, Excel is a powerful computation tool that can solve complicated problems. Excel also has many features that allow you to create machine learning models directly into your workbooks.

Microsoft's Mac BU and FrontLine Systems have announced that Solver for Excel 2008 is now available for the Mac as a free download. Frontline Systems developed the original Solver for Excel on ...

But Excel has a feature aptly called "Solver," which will trivialize the whole exercise once it's set up. To use Solver, you must enable it as follows: ...