Note: @RISK was among the top five products to generate reader interest in 1998 in
Scientific Computing & Instrumentation's  Data Analysis Software category. SCA reported:

“@RISK is the Risk analysis and simulation add-in for Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3. It performs Monte Carlo simulation on spreadsheet models. Risk Analysis blends a myriad of both quantitative and qualitative techniques, and helps the decision-maker choose a course of action, given a better understanding of the possible outcomes. Using @RISK, you can replace uncertain values in your spreadsheets with @RISK functions and select bottom-line cells (like Total Profits) as outputs. @RISK recalculates your spreadsheet hundreds or thousands of different times, each time selecting random numbers from the @RISK function you've entered”