Abstract: A predictor creation device including a processor configured to execute a program and a storage device that stores the program acquires a calibration target ensemble predictor obtained by combining a plurality of predictors based on a training data set which is a combination of training data and ground truth data, calculates a prediction basis characteristic related to a feature of the training data for each of the plurality of predictors, acquires an expected prediction basis characteristic related to the feature based on the prediction basis characteristic related to the feature as a result of outputting the prediction basis characteristic related to the calculated feature, determines a combination coefficient of each of the plurality of predictors based on the prediction basis characteristic related to the feature and the expected prediction basis characteristic related to the feature, and calibrates the calibration target ensemble predictor based on the combination coefficient.

Abstract: A generation apparatus is configured to access a set of pieces of learning data each being a combination of a value of an explanatory variable and a value of an objective variable, a function family list including, of functions each indicating a physical law and an attribute of each of the functions, at least the functions, and search range limiting information for limiting a search range of the function family list, wherein the processor is configured to execute: first generation processing of generating a first prediction expression by setting a first parameter for the explanatory variable to a first function included in the function family list; first calculation processing of calculating, based on the search range limiting information, a first conviction degree relating to the first prediction expression; and first output processing of outputting the first prediction expression and the first conviction degree.

Abstract: Fairness of automated assessments of AI has become a significant issue in recent years, and techniques for adjusting assessment results are being sought. This information processing system is configured to include: a first predicting unit which outputs an assessed value from input information that does not include sensitive attribute information a user has decided is not to be input; a second predicting unit which has been trained in advance, using teacher data, to estimate the sensitive attribute information that the user has decided is not to be input, and which estimates the sensitive attribute information from the input information that does not include the sensitive attribute information; and a first quantizing unit which, on the basis of the estimated value of the sensitive attribute information obtained from the second predicting unit, adjusts the assessed value output by the first predicting unit, and outputs an assessment result.

Abstract: In classification problems or regression problems, a prediction rule that is highly accurate, simple, and in match with the knowledge of experts is obtained. A system includes a prediction rule simplification unit that simplifies a prediction rule of a learning model using an evaluation metric and a restriction; a branch condition search unit that updates a part of the simplified branch condition for prediction rule based on calibration information expressing a request for a prediction value or a specific branch condition; and a threshold optimization unit that updates a part of a threshold of the simplified prediction rule based on the calibration information.

Abstract: A wing unit is used in a wing flapping apparatus to perform a swinging motion to thereby generate levitation force. The wing unit includes a nonwoven fabric that forms a wing surface; a frame body overlaid on the nonwoven fabric and extending along the wing surface; and a resin material disposed in a cavity included in the nonwoven fabric to integrate the nonwoven fabric and the frame body with each other. According to this configuration, a light-weight and high-strength wing unit that produces a suppressed wing flapping noise, a wing flapping apparatus including the wing unit, and a method of manufacturing the wing unit are provided.

Abstract: A wing flapping apparatus including a frame body, a motive power source and a power transmission mechanism that transmits motive power generated in the motive power source to drive a wing unit. Moreover, the power transmission mechanism includes a slider that linearly reciprocates in an X-axis direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the motive power source, and a rotating body that reciprocates in a rotation direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the slider. Furthermore, the wing unit swings such that its distal end moves approximately in the X-axis direction as the rotating body reciprocates in the rotation direction. In this aspect, linear reciprocation of the slider and swinging of the wing unit in the X-axis direction are opposite in direction to each other.

Abstract: A wing flapping apparatus includes a motive power source; a power transmission mechanism; and a wing unit driven by the power transmission mechanism. The power transmission mechanism includes a rotation transmission member configured to rotate upon reception of motive power transmitted from the motive power source; a slider configured to linearly reciprocate in an X-axis direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the rotation transmission member and a rotating body configured to reciprocate in a rotation direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the slider. The wing unit is configured to swing such that its distal end moves approximately in the X-axis direction as the rotating body reciprocates in the rotation direction. The power transmission mechanism further includes a pair of crank arms each configured to connect the rotation transmission member and the slider.

Abstract: An information processing device is provided that includes a display and a processor configured to acquire vital data regarding a creature and cause the display to display an image in which data regarding the creature at a plurality of time points are plotted on a graph having an abscissa axis and an ordinate axis one of which represents an autonomic nervous balance of the creature and another represents a numerical value based on the vital data of a type that differs from the autonomic nervous balance of the creature.

Abstract: There is provided a medical device whose occupied space is reduced. According to an aspect of the present invention, a medical device (1) adjusts a position of a medical instrument including a rod-like insertion unit (201) for being inserted into a body. The medical device includes an ultrasonic actuator that holds the insertion unit of the medical instrument, and that displaces or rotates the insertion unit with respect to the ultrasonic actuator, and an actuator fixing unit (101 and 102) that fixes a position of the ultrasonic actuator to a surgical site.

Abstract: A wing unit is used in a wing flapping apparatus to perform a swinging motion to thereby generate levitation force. The wing unit includes a nonwoven fabric that forms a wing surface; a frame body overlaid on the nonwoven fabric and extending along the wing surface; and a resin material disposed in a cavity included in the nonwoven fabric to integrate the nonwoven fabric and the frame body with each other. According to this configuration, a light-weight and high-strength wing unit that produces a suppressed wing flapping noise, a wing flapping apparatus including the wing unit, and a method of manufacturing the wing unit are provided.

Abstract: Provided is a friction drive actuator that is resistant to contamination of, for example, extraneous matter. An ultrasonic actuator according to an aspect of the present invention drives a columnar insertion section and includes a columnar vibrating body (40), whose distal end is pressed against a side surface of the insertion section, and a piezoelectric element (44), an upper electrode (44a), and a lower electrode (44b) that are provided at one side surface of the vibrating body.

Abstract: A wing flapping apparatus includes a motive power source; a power transmission mechanism; and a wing unit driven by the power transmission mechanism. The power transmission mechanism includes a rotation transmission member configured to rotate upon reception of motive power transmitted from the motive power source; a slider configured to linearly reciprocate in an X-axis direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the rotation transmission member and a rotating body configured to reciprocate in a rotation direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the slider. The wing unit is configured to swing such that its distal end moves approximately in the X-axis direction as the rotating body reciprocates in the rotation direction. The power transmission mechanism further includes a pair of crank arms each configured to connect the rotation transmission member and the slider.

Abstract: A wing flapping apparatus including a frame body, a motive power source and a power transmission mechanism that transmits motive power generated in the motive power source to drive a wing unit. Moreover, the power transmission mechanism includes a slider that linearly reciprocates in an X-axis direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the motive power source, and a rotating body that reciprocates in a rotation direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the slider. Furthermore, the wing unit swings such that its distal end moves approximately in the X-axis direction as the rotating body reciprocates in the rotation direction. In this aspect, linear reciprocation of the slider and swinging of the wing unit in the X-axis direction are opposite in direction to each other.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic actuator on which tuning that has little effect on vibration characteristics of a vibrator is performed. The ultrasonic actuator includes an ultrasonic vibrator (12), a housing (16) that rotates with vibration of the ultrasonic vibrator, and pantograph preload mechanisms (150, 151) that hold the ultrasonic vibrator at a node of vibration of the ultrasonic vibrator and generate pressure with which the ultrasonic vibrator is pressed against the housing.

Abstract: Provided is an actuator that is able to adjust a ratio of a speed in a rectilinear-direction and a speed in a rotation-direction of an operation element. A differential drive mechanism (110A) includes a front conveyance roller (1112) and a rear conveyance roller (1113) that are able to convey a rod-shaped insertion unit in a long axis direction thereof and rotate the insertion unit about the long axis, and an angle changing mechanism that changes crossing angles of the front conveyance roller and the rear conveyance roller with respect to the insertion unit.

Abstract: There is provided a medical device whose occupied space is reduced. According to an aspect of the present invention, a medical device (1) adjusts a position of a medical instrument including a rod-like insertion unit (201) for being inserted into a body. The medical device includes an ultrasonic actuator that holds the insertion unit of the medical instrument, and that displaces or rotates the insertion unit with respect to the ultrasonic actuator, and an actuator fixing unit (101 and 102) that fixes a position of the ultrasonic actuator to a surgical site.

Abstract: Provided is a friction drive actuator that is resistant to contamination of, for example, extraneous matter. An ultrasonic actuator according to an aspect of the present invention drives a columnar insertion section and includes a columnar vibrating body (40), whose distal end is pressed against a side surface of the insertion section, and a piezoelectric element (44), an upper electrode (44a), and a lower electrode (44b) that are provided at one side surface of the vibrating body.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a simulation system and a simulation method which are capable of efficiently presenting a simulation result which is valuable to a user. The invention achieves the above-mentioned object by performing simulation, displaying a plurality of simulation results as samples, receiving an input of information on a user's evaluation with respect to each of the displayed results by a user interface, and outputting a group of simulation results on the basis of the input information.

Abstract: A decision-making support system which is a client-server system comprising: multiple servers; a client having a display; a network; and a database. On the basis of data acquisition conditions supplied via the client the multiple servers acquire from the data base on multiple distributed processing platforms, a first data group spanning from the past to the present, and generate a first network graph for the time from the past to the present. The multiple servers also execute multiple simulations based on the first data group, on the basis of provided simulation conditions, and generate second and third network graphs for a time not included in the first data group or for the future. The client receives the results of the generation of these network graphs and displays on the display the first through third network graphs spanning from the past to the present, and to the future, thereby providing the user with a scenario map.

Abstract: A parallel computer system executes a plurality of processes each being assigned a memory space, by placing the information of a first graph vertex and the information of a first graph vertex group connected to the first graph vertex in a first memory space assigned to a first process, placing the information of the first graph vertex and the information of a second graph vertex group connected to the first graph vertex in a second memory space assigned to a second process, and sharing the result of computation concerning the first graph vertex in the first process and the result of computation concerning the first graph vertex in the second process between the first process and the second process.