A publication by Albritton, McMullen, and Gardiner (2003) indicates that while MBA-level Management Science/Operations Research courses have been deemphasized in recent years, they continue to survive—typically as part of a quantitative modeling class, which includes both statistical analysis and optimization components. The Albritton research effort presents survey results indicating that MBA-...

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Using data from a survey of MBA graduates, we developed a simple diagnostic tool to help assess the level of spreadsheet risk in an organization. We also found that in firms where spreadsheets pose a high risk, users are more aware of this risk. We review the best practices they employ at various stages of spreadsheet use, and we describe the steps that managers can take to control spreadsheet ...

The spreadsheet paradigm has some unique risks and challenges that are not present in more traditional development technologies. Many of the recent advances in other branches of software development have bypassed spreadsheets and spreadsheet developers. This paper compares spreadsheets and spreadsheet development to more traditional platforms such as databases and procedural languages. It also ...

• Solow_deterministic.xls. Section 2.5.3 A single realization for the constant savings rate, deterministic growth model, is analyzed. o Discrete spreadsheet: The solution to the model is computed from the exact solution as well as from linear and quadratic approximations. A numerical comparison between them is performed. o Increasing time path spreadsheet: the case of an economy converging to s...

The humble spreadsheet is the most widely used data storage, manipulation and modelling tool. Its ubiquity over the past 30 years has seen its successful application in every area of life. Surprisingly the spreadsheet has remained fundamentally unchanged over the past three decades. As spreadsheet technology enters its 4 th decade a number of drivers of change are beginning to impact upon the s...

This paper presents the author’s recommended practices for spreadsheet testing. Documented spreadsheet error rates are unacceptable in corporations today. Although improvements are needed throughout the systems development life cycle, credible improvement programs must include comprehensive testing. Several forms of testing are possible, but logic inspection is recommended for module testing. L...

“Spreadsheet simulation” refers to the use of a spreadsheet as a platform for representing simulation models and performing simulation experiments. This tutorial explains the reasons for using this platform for simulation, discusses why this is frequently an efficient way to build simulation models and execute them, describes how to setup a spreadsheet simulation, and finally examines some limi...

Spreadsheet engineering adapts the lessons of software engineering to spreadsheets, providing eight principles as a framework for organizing spreadsheet programming recommendations. Spreadsheets raise issues inadequately addressed by software engineering. Spreadsheets are a powerful modeling language, allowing strategic rapid model change, and enabling exploratory modeling. Spreadsheets users l...