An Excel add-in that provides powerful optimization capabilities, allowing users to solve large-scale linear, nonlinear, integer, and stochastic optimization problems directly within spreadsheets.
What’sBest! (Lindo Systems)
- Excel
- Data Analytics, Mathematics, PLM & ERP, Process Control, Simulation
Features:
- Linear programming (LP), nonlinear programming (NLP), integer programming (MIP), quadratic programming (QP), stochastic programming (SP), global optimization, constraint programming, interfaces to powerful Lindo/LINGO solvers, modeling directly in Excel using cell references
Pricing:
- Paid
- Very powerful optimization solvers for large and complex problems, allows natural expression of models in Excel, good for operations research and management science applications, supports a wide range of problem types.
- Commercial software (can be expensive), steep learning curve for advanced problem formulation and solver options, can be resource-intensive for very large models.
Best for:
- Operations researchers, management scientists, and analysts who need to solve large-scale and complex optimization problems using advanced solvers directly within Microsoft Excel.