Curt Frye explains how to install Solver, organize worksheets to make the data and summary operations clear, and find a solution using Solver. He also takes you through how to optimize investment portfolios by setting rules that limit the risk you're willing to take on, as well as how to change a model's parameters to analyze various scenarios. Plus, Curt shares how to define decision trees, represent a tree in an Excel table, and calculate the probability of reaching a node in your decision tree.

Topics include:
* Finding target values using Goal Seek
* Finding a solution using Solver
* Tuning investment portfolios
* Organizing worksheets
* Creating objective and control formulas
* Experimenting with different constraints
* Optimizing resource placement
* Defining decision trees