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Operations Research

ENGR 3157
Lecture 03b – Excel Solver for Linear Programming

Eugene Ben-Awuah, PhD, PEng


Bharti School of Engineering
Laurentian University

Office: F220
Tel: 705-675-1151 ext. 2195
Email: [email protected]

• How to load the “solver” add-in in MsExcel:


– The Solver Add-in is a Microsoft Office Excel add-in program that is
available when you install Microsoft Office or Excel. To use it in Excel,
however, you need to load it first.
– Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Excel Options.
– Click Add-Ins, and then in the Manage box, select Excel Add-ins.
– Click Go.
– In the Add-Ins available box, select the Solver Add-in check box, and
then click OK.
– Tip: If Solver Add-in is not listed in the Add-Ins available box, click
Browse to locate the add-in.
– If you get prompted that the Solver Add-in is not currently installed on
your computer, click Yes to install it.
– After you load the Solver Add-in, the Solver command is available in
the Analysis group on the Data tab.
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• Recall; max Z = CT X For example; max Z = 5x1  8x2


subject to x1  x2  9
subject t

AX  b x1  2x2  12
X  0 x1 0
x2 0

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Settings for integer


programming

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• Numerical model:

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Initial values for


Objective
decision variables
function value

Row vector C

Matrix A
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Objective Variables
function value optimal values

X1 = 11.43 X2 = 8.57 Z value = 1614.3

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