Paper Info
Title
Long-Range Planning for a West Texas Catholic Diocese
Abstract
This paper describes a decision-support system (DSS) implemented for the Roman Catholic diocese of San Angelo, Texas. The objective of this DSS is to support long-range diocese planning with a focus on the impact of a decreasing number of available priests and with changes in the mix of languages that the available priests speak. The key component of the DSS is a mixed-integer programming optimization model; although our problem is similar to a location-routing problem, our model has some noteworthy differences. We implemented this model using the General Algebraic Modeling System with an Excel interface to make it more adaptable to the needs of the chancellor of the diocese. The chancellor used this model to explore the impact of a decrease in the availability of priests in the region, and the diocese's Priest Personnel Board has adopted it for use in additional studies.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1287/inte.1080.0412
Interfaces
Keywords
Field
DocType
roman catholic diocese,san angelo,long-range planning,long-range diocese planning,mixed-integer programming optimization model,priest personnel board,excel interface,location-routing problem,west texas catholic diocese,general algebraic modeling system,available priest,additional study,linear,programming
Long-range planning,Engineering,Operations management,Management science
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
39
2
0092-2102
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
John C. Butler117921.20
Leon S. Lasdon24611.49
James S. Dyer327123.64
Leslie T. Maiman400.34