Cell address

The Excel Solver. Microsoft Excel, beginning with version 3.0 in 1991, incorporates an NLP solver that operates on the values and formulas of a spreadsheet model. Versions 4.0 and later include an LP solver and mixed-integer programming (MIP) capability for both linear and nonlinear problems. The user specifies a set of cell addresses to be independently adjusted (the decision variables), a set of formula cells whose values are to be constrained (the constraints), and a formula cell designated as the optimization objective. The solver uses the spreadsheet interpreter to evaluate the constraint and objective functions, and approximates derivatives, using finite differences. The NLP solution engine for the Excel Solver is GRG2 (see Section 8.7). 

The binary-coded information is stored in an array of cells addressed by voltage pulses applied to the word and bit lines. The response of a particular cell, measured by the associated electronic circuitry, determines its state. 

The LOTUS table must be filled with the Youden design, but instead of doing this with plus and minus signs, one enters the nominal and extreme values of the experiments. To achieve this the cell addresses where this information needed is stored, are entered. Each cell address has to be preceded by a plus sign because it must be made clear that one enters values and not labels. The pointer is moved to 18 and one types + D8, press RETURN. The nominal value for the first variable in the first experiment is displayed now in cell 18. One continues to fill the entire table as shown above. 

Another of the most important features of LOTUS is now used. In 117 one puts in the equation for DaoW, in M17 the one for DDr, etc. The result will be that as soon as the experimental values needed to compute the equations have been filled in column W, the result of the computations will appear in row 17. Let us now see how this is done in practice. There are in fact two ways to do it, namely by using the pointer or by typing. The latter has our preference. One moves first the pointer to cell 117. Then one types the pertinent equation using the cell addresses, where the information needed is stored. For instance, the first element in the equation for DA is Yi. This is found in W8 and therefore in the worksheet equation W8 replaces Yi. The equation in 117 should be ... 

One of the most useful features of spreadsheets is the ease with which repetitive calculations can be done by copying the formula in one cell to others. A formula in a cell is a mathematical operation that can utilize values contained in other cells, as shown by the formula content of the active cell B14. This formula is displayed in the information bar at the top of the spreadsheet of Fig. 1 and is the equation for the Morse potential function, with the cell addresses of the constants Dg, /3, and the variable r entered instead of numerical values. By using the Edit menu (or the right mouse button), the formula operation of B14 can be Copied and then Pasted into cells B15, B16.B73, thus giv-... 

To keep the address of a cell fixed when you use the Fill commands, precede both its letter and number designation by a dollar sign (e.g., B 1). Thus the formula =A1+ B 1 in cell A2, when filled down, yields =A9+ B 1 in cell A10 (Figure 1-19). You will find this absolute cell addressing useful if you wish to use numerical constants in formulas. Occasionally it is useful to use mixed references. A relative reference in a formula, such as A1, becomes A2, A3, etc., as you Fill Down a formula into cells below the original formula. An absolute reference such as A 1 remains A 1 as you Fill Down. A mixed reference is a reference such as A 1 or A1 the row or the column designation, respectively, will remain constant when you Fill Down or Fill Right. 

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You can assign descriptive names to cells, such as Ka 1 and Ka2 to refer to the two acid dissociation constants of a diprotic acid. It is usually much easier to write and read formulas that contain descriptive names rather than cell addresses such as B 2 and C 2. Names can be used only to refer to individual absolute addresses. Names must start with a letter, may contain only letters, numbers, periods and underscores, and cannot be R, C, or possible cell addresses. Consequently, Cl and Ca 1 are not valid names, but Ca, caa3 and (in all current versions of Excel) Ka 1 are, since the rightmost column label is IV in future versions of Excel you might have to use Kaaland Kaa2 instead. 

IncellBllcalculate3f7/3xas = y/((x y + zA2) LN(10)) - l/zA3. Note how much easier and more transparent it is to type the algebraic expressions rather than the corresponding absolute cell addresses, i.e., x instead of B 7, y instead of B 8 etc. 

When the experimental data are not equidistant, a moving polynomial fit can still be used, but the convenience of the Savitzky-Golay method is lost. In that case you may have to write a macro to fit a given data set to a polynomial, and then change the cell addresses to make the polynomial move along the curve. Consult chapter 10 in case you want to write your own macros. 

Name kv k v k, and 1 / A f in the example below the names kk (kl cannot be used since it is a valid cell address), km (m for minus), kd (d for dash) and dt will be used. Note that you cannot use names that you have already used elsewhere in the same workbook, i.e., in the same collection of spreadsheets. 

Name a, kv k>>, k3, and 1/Af in the example belowthe names a, kkl,kk2,kk3, and tt will be used. (Weusekkl as the namefor Aqbecausekl denotes a cell address, and therefore cannot be used as a name.)... 

Note that, in reading a cell address, the macro editor automatically adds dollar signs for absolute addressing. 

Unspecified variables are considered as Variants, which are most flexible, but which also take up most space. Large macros will run faster when, e.g., integers and text strings are specified as such. Text used as a string of symbols (as in a fixed cell address or range, such as B 17 C20) or in a message (e.g., Hello ) is often placed in quotation marks. 

Non-adjacent sets of data can be entered at the wizard window offering confirmation of the ranges of cells with data for the chart. Click on the right black arrow, select the first set of data, hold the control button down and select the other sets. If you know the end cell address, simply select a few cells, then amend the last address to the proper one, which procedure avoids the need to select over large areas. 

The function will then execute, and the cell containing the call will display the answer. The necessary inputs are sometimes numbers but are more often the cell addresses. For example, in the data above, say you wanted to take the exponential (e of all the time points in column A, and place the result in column D. The function for exponential is exp, and it can only accept one input at a time, but due to the dragging capability of Excel this will not matter much, you can just call it once and then drag the cell as you would with any formula containing cell addresses. So to do this you would type into cell D2 ... 

In subsequent chapters, we will find it useful to apply the block name feature for complex equations containing a large number of variables. Using cell addresses (or absolute cell addresses for constants ) are either incon-... 

An alternate way to carry out the desired calculation adds a significant amount of convenience for very little additional effort. Here we will introduce the spreadsheet feature called absolute address, which designates a cell address such as, for example, HI, when you intend the cell contents to be used elsewhere as a constant, as H 1. In this example, write in FI, "use pH =", and in Gl, enter your selected value of the pH (we have... 

In these and similar problems, use Block Names(/ENC /BAC /RNC or absolute cell addresses so that you may change concentrations and formation constant values (f or the different parts of the problem) with minimum effort. 

Note for these problems and all others with multicurve comparison graphs Enter the values of pK, and pK2 either in absolute cell address... 

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