Frequently, problems involving a management activity involve the incurring of a setup charge for the activity. In these cases, the total cost of the activity is the sum of the variable cost related to the level of the activity and a set up cost required to initiate the activity. In this...

This paper will detail the development of a multi-objective mathematical programming model for audit sampling of balances for accounts receivable. The nonlinear nature of the model structure will require the use of a nonlinear solution algorithm, such as the GRG or the genetic algorithm embedded...