Abstract: A time-series data prediction device according to an embodiment acquires a second spatial factor that is a spatial factor related to entire space related to geographically and spatially dispersed time-series data, updates various factors based on time-series data, a spatial model, and a loss function of a temporal model, updates parameters of the space and the temporal model, inputs region data indicating a geographical region related to geographically and spatially dispersed second time-series data to be estimated for future time-series data, acquires a spatial factor that is a spatial factor related to entire space related to the second time-series data, updates various factors based on the second time-series data, the spatial model, and the loss function of the temporal model, updates various factors based on an update result, predicts a future temporal factor, and estimates future time-series data using the predicted temporal factor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cytoplasmic male sterile plant of the genus Petunia having, in the mitochondrial genome thereof, a DNA molecule originated from the mitochondrial genome of a tobacco plant, or a hybrid plant with the cytoplasmic male sterile plant of the genus Petunia, or a progeny of the cytoplasmic male sterile plant of the genus Petunia or the hybrid plant. The cytoplasmic male sterile plant of the genus Petunia is a stable line in which the growth ability of young seedlings is improved and which is not susceptible to fertility restoration, and further, achieves diversification of available CMS cytoplasms.

Abstract: A network management device according to one embodiment includes a device that stores rules for mapping between a service order and a resource order; a device that stores, when a mapping is performed based on the mapping rules, a mapping history in which an identifier of a service for the service order which is a mapping source, a type of a rule used for the mapping, and an identifier of a resource for the resource order which is a mapping target are described; and a creation unit that, when a service order to change the service is created, acquires, from the mapping history and the identifier of the service to be changed, information indicating types of rules to be used for mapping of the service order to change the service and the identifier of the resource for a resource order which is a mapping target, and creates a resource order by mapping of the order to be changed based on the acquired mapping rules.

Abstract: A virtual desktop (VDI) resource allocation decision apparatus that decides resource allocation of a VDI apparatus according to an embodiment includes an input unit that receives a performance requirement and a specified time zone, a resource allocation collection and storage unit that stores a current resource allocation including a number of virtual machines included in a host of the VDI apparatus and a virtual calculation resource, a workload collection and storage unit that stores a workload of the VDI apparatus, and a calculation function unit that applies the specified time zone and the workload to a workload prediction model to calculate a workload in the specified time zone, applies the workload in the specified time zone and the current resource allocation to a performance model to calculate first performance of the VDI apparatus, and determines whether or not the first performance meets the performance requirement.

Abstract: There is provided a network management device (1) including a capacity management unit (10) for managing the capacity in a network to be managed and a storage unit (20) for storing management information. The storage unit stores specification information of entities included in the network, and entity information including information indicative of relationships between the entities. The capacity management unit 10 includes a capacity request acquisition section (11) which receives a generation request of a first entity; reads the specification information about the first entity from the storage unit, and determines whether or not the first entity needs to consume a resource; when it is determined that the first entity needs to consume a resource, identifies a second entity capable of providing capacity consumed by the first entity, based on the entity information stored in the storage unit; and outputs information about the identification result.

Abstract: A network management apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a storage unit configured to store information indicating a correspondence relationship between information objects related to a physical layer and information objects related to a logical layer in a network configuration, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first information object related to a location where a failure occurs in the physical layer of the network configuration from the storage unit, an identification unit configured to identify, as a failure influence range, a second information object associated with the first information object related to the location where the failure occurs, of the information objects related to the logical layer stored in the storage unit, the first information object being acquired by the acquisition unit, and an outputting unit configured to output information indicating the failure influence range identified by the identification unit.

Abstract: A network management device according to one embodiment includes a device that stores rules for mapping between a service order and a resource order; a device that stores, when a mapping is performed based on the mapping rules, a mapping history in which an identifier of a service for the service order which is a mapping source, a type of a rule used for the mapping, and an identifier of a resource for the resource order which is a mapping target are described; and a creation unit that, when a service order to change the service is created, acquires, from the mapping history and the identifier of the service to be changed, information indicating types of rules to be used for mapping of the service order to change the service and the identifier of the resource for a resource order which is a mapping target, and creates a resource order by mapping of the order to be changed based on the acquired mapping rules.

Abstract: A service provision method according to one aspect of the present invention includes providing, to a user terminal (107), a catalog including: a first node type for defining a node relating to a VNW (102); a first relationship type for defining a relationship between nodes relating to the VNW (102); a second node type for defining a node relating to an LNW (104); and a second relationship type for defining a relationship between nodes relating to the LNW (104); receiving, from the user terminal (107), a service request generated in accordance with the catalog for requesting a service that uses the HNW (110); and controlling a VNW OpS (103) and an LNW OpS (105) in response to the received service request.

Abstract: To eliminate the need for a resource design process needed by the user in using a machine learning service and thereby reduce the time and costs which impose a burden on the user. A machine learning service device includes a requirement specifying functional unit (11) used to specify a task, a model, throughput, and performance that are desired in machine learning; and a resource design unit (12) configured to predict achievable performance at a plurality of resource settings by machine learning using the task, the model, and the throughput specified via the requirement specifying functional unit and select a resource setting that satisfies the specified performance based on results of the prediction.

Abstract: A ratio of prediction liable to result in user requirement violation is reduced by adjusting results of resource design even if it is highly likely that the user requirement violation will incur a heavy penalty. There is provided a requirement specifying functional unit (11) that specifies a user requirement for a service of interest, and a resource design unit (12) that predicts, by machine learning, performance achievable at a plurality of resource settings in performing the service of interest and selects a resource setting that satisfies the specified user requirement, based on results of the prediction, wherein the resource design unit (12) generates a P model as a model for use to predict performance, the P model using a P-mode loss function obtained by adding a function to an N model that uses an existing N-mode loss function, the added function taking a finite value when actual performance is lower than predicted performance.

Abstract: There is provided a network management device (1) including a capacity management unit (10) for managing the capacity in a network to be managed and a storage unit (20) for storing management information. The storage unit stores specification information of entities included in the network, and entity information including information indicative of relationships between the entities. The capacity management unit 10 includes a capacity request acquisition section (11) which receives a generation request of a first entity; reads the specification information about the first entity from the storage unit, and determines whether or not the first entity needs to consume a resource; when it is determined that the first entity needs to consume a resource, identifies a second entity capable of providing capacity consumed by the first entity, based on the entity information stored in the storage unit; and outputs information about the identification result.

Abstract: A cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica rapa plant is provided having a growth ability equivalent to that of a Brassica rapa plant having a normal cytoplasm or a progeny of the cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica rapa plant. For example, it is possible to improve the deterioration of growth ability which has been observed in the conventional cytoplasmic male sterile B. rapa plants and provide a cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica rapa plant having an improved growth ability.

Abstract: A network management device according to an aspect includes a processing circuitry configured to perform acquiring a network configuration of a logical layer concerning a communication network having a redundant configuration in a communication section between a first network device and a second network device, the network configuration being a network configuration of a logical layer including a plurality of logical entities including a first logical entity corresponding to a first virtual port set in the first network device and a second logical entity corresponding to a second virtual port set in the second network device and, in response to occurrence of a failure of the communication network, retrieving a communicable path leading from the first logical entity to the second logical entity.

Abstract: A method is provided of producing a Lactuca plant seed including using a Megachile bee as pollination means, and providing the a Megachile bee a minor nectar plant to have preference in flower visiting, in addition to a pollen parent Lactuca plant and a seed parent Lactuca plant and to perform a crossing of a Lactuca plant using a plant species having the preference in flower visiting equivalent to or lower than that of the Lactuca plant. According to one embodiment, it is possible to produce a Lactuca hybrid plant seed more efficiently and economically than before while using a Megachile bee as pollination means.

Abstract: A network management apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a storage unit configured to store information indicating a correspondence relationship between information objects related to a physical layer and information objects related to a logical layer in a network configuration, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first information object related to a location where a failure occurs in the physical layer of the network configuration from the storage unit, an identification unit configured to identify, as a failure influence range, a second information object associated with the first information object related to the location where the failure occurs, of the information objects related to the logical layer stored in the storage unit, the first information object being acquired by the acquisition unit, and an outputting unit configured to output information indicating the failure influence range identified by the identification unit.

Abstract: An operation apparatus for outputting a request to a management apparatus which manages a Network Service (NS) constructed on a NetWork (NW) including a core NW serving as a virtualization area and an access NW serving as a non-virtualization area including: a storage unit configured to store new configuration information obtained by updating NW configuration information indicating an NW configuration including devices disposed on the NW due to a fault of the NS, a catalog which is a template of the NS, a record describing a lifecycle of the NS, and an order for requesting the management apparatus to control the NS; an optimal configuration determination unit configured to determine an optimal configuration of the NS based on the new configuration information, the catalog, the record, and the order; and an order generation unit configured to generate a change order for changing an NS configuration of the NS to the optimal configuration determined by the optimal configuration determination unit.

Abstract: A cytoplasmic male sterile plant of the genus Lactuca is provided having low temperature growth ability comparable to that of a plant of the genus Lactuca with a normal cytoplasm, or a progeny thereof. For example, it is possible to alleviate a reduction in the growth ability at low temperature observed in previous CMS plants of the genus Lactuca and provide a CMS plant of the genus Lactuca having low temperature growth ability.

Abstract: A network management device according to an embodiment includes: a path selection processing unit configured to perform path selection processing of selecting a path of a physical layer between a start point and an end point of a network based on a first entity stored in a first storage device configured to store the first entity, the first entity representing an entity of an information object of the network; and an entity generation processing unit configured to perform entity generation processing of generating a second entity of a logical layer corresponding to the path of the physical layer selected by the path selection processing unit based on a specification of the information object stored in a second storage device configured to store the specification.

Abstract: A service provision method according to one aspect of the present invention includes providing, to a user terminal (107), a catalog including: a first node type for defining a node relating to a VNW (102); a first relationship type for defining a relationship between nodes relating to the VNW (102); a second node type for defining a node relating to an LNW (104); and a second relationship type for defining a relationship between nodes relating to the LNW (104); receiving, from the user terminal (107), a service request generated in accordance with the catalog for requesting a service that uses the HNW (110); and controlling a VNW OpS (103) and an LNW OpS (105) in response to the received service request.

Abstract: A network management device according to an embodiment includes network property storage means for storing information representing network properties, information object storage means for storing an information object relating to a network configuration corresponding to information representing network properties stored in the network property storage means, network property acquisition means for acquiring, from the network property storage means, information representing network properties corresponding to an optional protocol layer, information object acquisition means for acquiring, from the information object storage means, the information object corresponding to information representing network properties acquired by the network property acquisition means, and display means for displaying the information object acquired by the information object acquisition means.