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 ...

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.

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

Solver is an Excel add-in that allows linear programming / analysis tool for Excel which was initially released for the Mac when Excel 2004 shipped but was dropped from Excel 2008 due to its ...

Improve audit sampling efficiency with Excel’s Solver tool Artificial intelligence capability can significantly reduce the time and effort auditors devote to sampling estimation tasks.

Although many powerful and dedicated software packages have been developed for regression analysis, the most widely distributed regression tool is the Solver add-in bundled with Microsoft Excel.

Excel's Solver add-in provides a simple way to solve problems involving such formulas. Solver works backwards to find optimal inputs to the objectives and constraints you enter.

Solver is a linear programming / analysis tool for Excel that was included with Excel 2004 as an add-in, but dropped from Excel 2008 since it required Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).