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title: Microsoft Office Excel Solver Add-in and Prescriptive Analytics
description: This blog post discusses the major limitations of using Microsoft Excel Solver Add-In for prescriptive analytics decision making..
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# [Microsoft Office Excel Solver Add-in and Prescriptive Analytics](https://download.riverlogic.com/blog/microsoft-office-excel-solver-add-in-prescriptive-analytics)

 Written by [Shannon Kearns](https://download.riverlogic.com/blog/author/shannon-kearns) | Feb 21, 2017

Short and to-the-point, Kelso addresses this problem by  explaining a) how the Excel Solver Add-in works, b) the basics of a solver model and c) the limitations and drawbacks of Excel Solver when attempting to answer critical prescriptive analytics questions.

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