THE SENSITIVITY TOOLKIT


Update 08/31/2009: New version released that searches for the Solver and Crystal Ball libraries (32 and 64 bit) in the most common locations.

If you are having trouble installing the Toolkit, make sure that you are using the latest version from the Downloads page, not a CD that came with a textbook. If you are still have trouble, please read the FAQs before submitting a request for help.

The Sensitivity Toolkit was created to bring the most powerful tools of sensitivity analysis to the spreadsheet. The Toolkit supports four different forms of sensitivity analysis:

Data Sensitivity creates a table and chart to show how an output cell varies with changes in one (or two) inputs. In Tornado Chart, a set of parameters is varied from low to high and the results for a single output cell are reported. Solver Sensitivity runs the optimization program Solver on a spreadsheet for a set of values for one (or two) parameters. Similarly, Crystal Ball Sensitivity runs the simulation program Crystal Ball on a spreadsheet for a set of values for one (or two) parameters.

 
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For details and examples of how to use the Sensitivity Toolkit for modeling with Excel, visit the web site for the book:

Management Science: The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets, Excel 2007 Update

The book is now available from Wiley in hardcover.