THE SENSITIVITY TOOLKIT


Updated FAQ 10/16/2008: Directing Solver Sensitivity or Crystal Ball Sensitivity to use a specific library.

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, 2nd Edition

The book is now available from Wiley in hardcover.