Getting Results with Microsoft Office 97

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Import/Export Converters copyright 1988–1996 DataViz Inc. All rights reserved. Additional file translators and PDA connectivity solutions may be obtained by contacting DataViz directly at 55 Corporate Drive, Trumbull, CT, 06611. Telephone (203) 268-0030.

The Microsoft Excel Solver program was developed by Frontline Systems, Inc., P.O. Box 4288, Incline Village, NV 89450-4288. Portions of the Microsoft Excel Solver program code are copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1995 by Frontline Systems, Inc. Portions are copyright 1989 by Optimal Methods, Inc.

The Microsoft Excel Solver program uses the Generalized Reduced Gradient (GRG2) nonlinear optimization code developed by Leon Lasdon, University of Texas at Austin, and Allan Waren, Cleveland State University. Linear and integer problems use the simplex method with bounds on the variables and the branch and bound method, implemented by John Watson and Dan Fylstra, Frontline Systems, Inc.

The Microsoft Excel Analysis ToolPak was developed by GreyMatter International, Inc., 173 Otis Street, P.O. Box 388, Cambridge, MA 02141.

Portions of graphic filter software are based in part on the work of Group 42, Inc.

Portions of graphic filter software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

Creative direction on the Office Assistant by Maz Kessler and Robby Kilgore (Maz and Kilgore).

The Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Solution Templates were developed by Village Software, 186 Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111.

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