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 for unknown variables, either for a single cell with Goal Seek or multiple cells with Solver.

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

There are tough problems that every business faces, and they can slow things down, make budgets stretch, or put off decisions ...