But users had to determine their problem type and select the right “solving method”. The ‘classic Solver’ in Excel handles optimization models of every type – linear programming and nonlinear optimization, and ‘arbitrary’ models solved via genetic and evolutionary algorithms. But Frontline’s “next-gen” Solver, designed for mobile devices and touch screens as well, appears in a “modeless” Task Pane to the right of the spreadsheet, where nearly all user selections are made and messages appear. Solver pioneered an easy-to-use interface for turning an ordinary spreadsheet “what-if” model into an optimization model – using dialog boxes with the ability to either type cell coordinates or “point and click” with a mouse to fill in those coordinates. New Solver Features Touch-Friendly UI, Model Diagnosis, Scaled-Up Solving Power Frontline’s Solver for Excel Online, one of the first-released “modern add-ins” in July 2013, enhanced in December 2015, and adopted by over 100,000 users, is now in its third generation in September 2017. Solver has always been popular with Excel users – to the extent that, when Excel 2008 for Mac was released without VBA or Solver, an outcry from users led Microsoft to work with Frontline to quickly “bring back Solver” for Excel 2008, in a form that didn’t depend on VBA. Twenty years later, the INFORMS professional society cited the “the overwhelming success and impact of Solver” when awarding Frontline its 2010 Impact Prize. Both Borland and Lotus later adopted Solver versions created by Frontline to replace their own tools. The Excel Solver, developed by Frontline in 1989, was first introduced in 1990 as part of Microsoft’s launch of Excel 3.0 and Windows 3.0 – partly in answer to the then-popular Lotus 1-2-3/G, which featured its own Solver tool, and Borland Quattro Pro, which had its own linear programming tool. “In our third-generation free version for cloud use, we’ve greatly extended Solver’s flexibility and power for everyone.”Įarliest Tool for Prescriptive Analytics is a Perennial Favorite “Today Frontline offers tools for the full spectrum of predictive and prescriptive analytics, but we’re still best known for Solver,” said Daniel Fylstra, president of Frontline Systems. Over 100,000 existing “cloud Solver” users will receive the new version automatically. Users can obtain Solver immediately from Microsoft AppSource. INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA (PRWEB) October 02, 2017įrontline Systems, developer of the ‘classic Solver’ add-in that ships with desktop Microsoft Excel, has released a cloud-based, free Solver add-in that works equally well in desktop Excel 2016 and Excel Online – and handles the smallest to the largest, most challenging optimization models.
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