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Using Solver in Excel, Part 1

Solver allows you to use an Excel spreadsheet to easily solve problems with multiple variables. We'll look at a couple of examples to see what Solver can do and how easy it is to use. Solver is an add ...
JournalofAccountancy

Improve audit sampling efficiency with Excel’s Solver tool

Stratified mean-per-unit sampling is a key tool used by auditors. The popularity of this statistical procedure arises from its unique ability to produce trustworthy ...
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An Intertemporal Choice Problem

An Excel workbook called IntertemporalChoice.xls provides a more advanced example of how to use Solver and the Comparative Statics Wizard. The workbook sets up the Lucas-Rapping Intertemporal Labor ...
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Using Solver in Excel, Part 2

In the first part of this blog, Using Solver in Excel, Part 1, we started looking at what we can do with the Solver add-in to the Excel spreadsheet program. We looked at using Solver for the design of ...