Abstract
This Post-doctoral proposal suggests further work that could be done in the future and offers some personal comments, based on the research done, on possible strategies to improve network asset management within the electricity distribution industry. It is hoped that this granted study will provide some input to electricity industry developments and related research, and that the network owners will focus on decision-making rather than on technical design considerations. As a personal postlude, this study is a pilot investigation to gain insight to our research using different techniques in operational research. According to the Department of Management Science (University of Strathclyde), whatever methods are brought to bear, it is essential that the operational researcher should be able to take a fresh, creative view of situations and to communicate effectively. This topic aims to explain the comprehensive research methodology used in this study and to demonstrate the feasibility of binary linear programming in the construction of the model by implementing and analyzing the results through a Visual Basic Application. The aim of this study is to develop a decision support system that allows the decision-maker to identify the optimal asset management policy.
