Solver Methods Improved by Frontline

Was an early user of Solver.   Should not be forgotten given all the new claims out there today. Solver works directly as an add-on to Excel 365.    And as mentioned below, this new version is cloud ready and free. Has been used and thus tested since 1990.   This is based on pre AI methods of optimization and modeling that proved successful for many years.   We used them successfully in many contexts. Ask me.  Let me know of your experiences.   Always worth looking at, especially if your data is already hosted in Excel.

In PRWeb: 
Frontline 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. Users can obtain Solver immediately from Microsoft AppSource. Over 100,000 existing “cloud Solver” users will receive the new version automatically.

“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. “In our third-generation free version for cloud use, we’ve greatly extended Solver’s flexibility and power for everyone.”

Earliest Tool for Prescriptive Analytics is a Perennial Favorite
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. Both Borland and Lotus later adopted Solver versions created by Frontline to replace their own tools. Twenty years later, the INFORMS professional society cited the “the overwhelming success and impact of Solver” when awarding Frontline its 2010 Impact Prize.   .... '