Simulation Modeling Using @RISK: Updated for Version 4

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Summary: Excellent introduction to simulation with many examples.
Review: A one of a kind book that introduces simulation with spreadsheets and shows models of different disciplines. Makes the use of spreadsheet simulation easy and applicable to many every-day business problems. Clear and easy to read, and to follow the examples in Excel or Lotus. Keep an eye on Winston. If he continues publishing as he has with his last two books, he will clearly be one of those unique and very few academic leaders that transcend the large void between theoretical teaching and practical, real world, business applications. He will be in demand. Well done

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Summary: The book was well received, the software was......
Review: I rated this book earlier as "a reader from Spokane Wa.". I wish to append the earlier statement, and add that you can get current a demo version of @Risk software from Palisade that is outstanding. I was so impressed that I purchased @Risk 4.0 from them, and subsequently ordered a number of other books by Wayne Winston, as well. I think that it would be only fair to retract most of my earlier statement. I understand that they are intending to soon publish a 2nd release of the book with updated software.

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Summary: The book was well received, the software was......
Review: I rated this book earlier as "a reader from Spokane Wa.". I wish to append the earlier statement, and add that you can get current a demo version of @Risk software from Palisade that is outstanding. I was so impressed that I purchased @Risk 4.0 from them, and subsequently ordered a number of other books by Wayne Winston, as well. I think that it would be only fair to retract most of my earlier statement. I understand that they are intending to soon publish a 2nd release of the book with updated software.

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Summary: Software Update in Simulation Modeling Using @RISK
Review: Readers should note that until 11/2000 Simulation Modeling Using @RISK was shipped with an older version of the @RISK software. Customer reviews that reference software problems are all reviews of this older edition of the book. The current edition ships with @RISK 4.0; software that supports all newer versions of Excel and Windows. The text has been entirely updated to reflect this newest version of @RISK.

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Summary: Outdated Software
Review: Regarding the customer comments about the @RISK software they received with the book being out of date, I would like to thank them for taking the time to give their feedback. Unfortunately the publisher printed and bundled @RISK with too many copies of the book at one time. In the rapidly changing world of software, @RISK has been constantly updated over the past few years, yet the publisher's stock of this book still carries the old version. It should also be noted that the book is being revised in a second edition and will ship with the most current version of @RISK. This second edition should be ready by late summer.

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Summary: Software Update in Simulation Modeling Using @RISK
Review: The book covers a hot topic, but since the software does not load it's a waste of time. The book should supplement the software for risk anaysis, but with no software this book is a complete waste of money and should not be on the market.

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Summary: Simulation Modeling Using @RISK
Review: The book covers a hot topic, but since the software does not load it's a waste of time. The book should supplement the software for risk anaysis, but with no software this book is a complete waste of money and should not be on the market.

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Summary: Good book but outdated software
Review: This may be a very good book on the subject. But the two disks containing the demonstrations are not compitable with Window 97. You have to have @Risk on your computer to learn. Go for his Financial Modeling ...

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Summary: The book was well received; the software was poor.
Review: While the written material was of the expected quality, I never could get the associated software to install. Since, to me, this was half the value of the purchase price, I am deeply disappointed. The customer support was as badly developed as the four year old Install program, which, incidently, does not come with Install Shield. Not very professional in my mind. If you buy this book, and intend to run the software, good luck to you! Even with the poor support of Palisade Software, I could not get it to load onto my Thinkpad under Win95- and I've been writing code since 1984.