# Iterative calculus with Excel - N° 2

In continuation with the previous post, I propose you another problem. I have this model: \begin{align}\min&\quad F\\\text{s.t.}&\quad F-(1150x_{B_{1}}+1000x_{B_{2}}+1350x_{B_{3}}-S_{1})=430\\&\quad (0,0875x_{B_{1}}+0,055x_{B_{2}}+0,1175x_{B_{3}})+1,04S_{1}-S_{2}=210\\&\quad (0,0875x_{B_{1}}+0,055x_{B_{2}}+0,1175x_{B_{3}})+1,04S_{2}-S_{3}=222\\ &\quad (0,0875x_{B_{1}}+0,055x_{B_{2}}+0,1175x_{B_{3}})+1,04S_{3}-S_{4}=231\\ &\quad (0,0875x_{B_{1}}+0,055x_{B_{2}}+0,1175x_{B_{3}})+1,04S_{4}-S_{5}=240\\ &\quad (1,0875x_{B_{1}}+0,055x_{B_{2}}+0,1175x_{B_{3}})+1,04S_{5}-S_{6}=195\\ &\quad (1,055x_{B_{2}}+0,1175x_{B_{3}})+1,04S_{6}-S_{7}=225\\ &\quad (1,1175x_{B_{3}})+1,04S_{7}-S_{8}=255\end{align}

Professor says only: "Solving the model with Excel we find... ":

OBJECTIVE FUNCTION VALUE    -->    1708.669

VARIABLE        VALUE          REDUCED COST
F      1708.668701          0.000000
B1       147.734344          0.000000
B2       190.845779          0.000000
B3       201.342285          0.000000
S1       646.116333          0.000000
S2       509.226654          0.000000
S3       354.861359          0.000000
S4       185.321487          0.000000
S5         0.000000          0.064025
S6         0.000000          0.012614
S7         0.000000          0.021318
S8         0.000000          0.670839


Honestly, I really don't know where to put my hands, and in the manuals of Excel I can't find anything who can help me. Would you tell me where to start, at least?

• Do you have any force to use excel to solve your problem? Would you try using an algebraic language like GAMS, AMPL or some Python based languages? They have some nice facilities to deal with your problem and to answer your questions. Also, you can easily write your problem and modifying. Almost all of them have a demo or academic license. – A.Omidi Mar 2 at 19:19
• Just implemented as well and it seems incorrectly specified. On the other hand giving him a finished Excel sheet is not too helpful either? – CMichael Mar 2 at 21:49