As the title suggests, this book is for those who want to learn how to program Microsoft Excel Version 8 (for Office 97) and Version 9 (for Office 2000). We should begin by addressing the question, "Why would anyone want to program Microsoft Excel?" The answer is simple: to get more power out of this formidable application. As you will see, there are many things that you can do at the progra…
The idea is to provide the necessary theory on a "need-to-know" basis. In this way, readers who choose not to cover the continuous pricing theory, for example, need not deal with matters related to continuous probability. The book is organized as follows. The first chapter is devoted to the elements of discrete probability. The discussion includes such topics as random variables, independe…