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by grub007 3605 days ago
How are you making those predictions in Excel?
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Each spreadsheet is a probabilistic generative model, and we allow you to express uncertainty in some cells using functions like GAUSSIAN, NEAR, CHOICE, and also incorporate already known data using function ACTUAL.

Then, the plugin generates valid scenarios given all assumptions and actuals. You can explore scenarios, see averages (expected values), enhance the model, and repeat it until you are satisfied with the prediction quality.