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Carryover for Actual Cost Based on Improved Genetic Algorithm

Meng Qiunan, Lou Jian, Bai Xue   

  1. Faculty of Management and Economics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024
  • Received:2013-07-04 Online:2016-01-30 Published:2016-02-01

Abstract:

To solve the problem of actual cost carryover with the product circulations accurately in complex production processes, the cost carryover mathematical model which takes the product and batch as main research objects is built up. The improved Genetic Algorithm (GA) is designed to solve the model. The chromosome encoding and decoding with two layers of segments under the constraint of sequences are presented to realize valid chromosomes in the whole evolution process of GA and omit the complex operations of decoding and repairing. The multi-point crossover and mutation with gene fragments are provided. The population perturbation strategy including optimum retention, roulette wheel selection limits on the number of individual and population disturbance is proposed to overcome the premature convergence. Compared with basic Genetic Algorithm, the improved GA is better in accuracy and efficiency. Finally, an illustrative example is given to testify this above method with the carryover method used in the enterprise; the results show that the improved GA has better effectiveness in improving costing accuracy and decreasing the time of accounting.

Key words: accounting, carryover, cost center string, improved Genetic Algorithm