Abstract: A burr amount and a shrinkage cavity amount which have been inputted with respect to a molded article by a molding machine are received. A membership function relating to the burr amount, a membership function relating to the shrinkage cavity amount, a membership function of a value relating to a molding temperature, a membership function of a value relating to a molding pressure, and rules using the burr amount and the shrinkage cavity amount as input variables and also using a value relating to the molding temperature and a value relating to the molding pressure as output variables have been preset in a fuzzy inference apparatus. By applying the burr amount and the shrinkage cavity amount which have been inputted to the rules, a fuzzy inference is executed. The value relating to the molding temperature and the value relating to the molding pressure are inferred and the results of the inferences are given to the molding machine.