KB149236 - Algorithms Used in the ATP Functions

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SUMMARY

Detailed information about the algorithms used to create the Microsoft Excel Analysis ToolPak functions can be retrieved from several resources. The "More Information" section of this article lists some of these resources.

MORE INFORMATION

For detailed information about the algorithms used to create the Microsoft Excel engineering functions, refer to the following book:

Strum, Robert D., and Donald E. Kirk. "First Principles of Discrete
Systems and Digital Signal Processing." Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company, 1988.

For detailed information about the algorithms or statistical methods used to create the Microsoft Excel statistical functions, refer to the following books:

Abramowitz, Milton, and Irene A. Stegun, eds. "Handbook of Mathematical
Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables." Washington,
D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1972.

Box, George E.P., William G. Hunter, and J. Stuart Hunter. "Statistics
for Experimenters." New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1972.

Devore, Jay L. "Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the
Sciences," 3d ed. Pacific Grove, California: Brooks/Cole Publishing
Company, 1991.

McCall, Robert B. "Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences."
5th ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.

Press, W.H., B.P. Flannery, S.A. Teukolsky, and W.T. Wetterling.
"Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing." New York:
Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Sokal, Robert R., and F. James Rohlf. "Biometry: The Principles and
Practice of Statistics in Biological Research," 2nd ed. New York: W.H.
Freeman and Company, 1981.

For detailed information about the algorithms or financial methods used to create the Microsoft Excel financial functions, refer to the following books:

Fabozzi, Frank J., and Irving M. Pollack. "The Handbook of Fixed Income
Securities." Homewood, Illinois: Business 1 Irwin, 1986.

Hewlett-Packard Company. "HP - 12C Owner's Handbook and Problem-Solving
Guide," 1981.

Lynch, John J. Jr., and Jan H. Mayle. "Standard Securities Calculation
Methods, Fixed Income Securities Formulas." New York: Securities
Industry Association, 1986.

Stigum, Marcia, and John Mann. "Money Market Calculations: Yields,
Break-Evens, and Arbitrage." Homewood, Illinois: Business 1 Irwin,
1989.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

117813 XE0962: Excel AppNote: "Equations for Financial Functions"

REFERENCES

"User's Guide 2," version 4.0, Chapter 1, "Analyzing and Calculating Data" "Function Reference," version 4.0, page 481

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