Abstract: Provided is a technique that enables a measure for guiding a target from a base state to a target state to be determined without having a human being define a target and a state transition opportunity. A management support system performs a transition opportunity calculation process that is a process including calculating one or a plurality of state transition opportunities from a base state to a target state with respect to M-number of targets (where M is a natural number such that M 2) on the basis of management data including data related to histories of the M-number of targets, and outputs output information including information related to the one or a plurality of state transition opportunities calculated in the transition opportunity calculation process.

Abstract: A fault finding support system is a fault finding support system for instructing a maintenance worker of an appropriate examination location and examination contents using fault knowledge data in which a causal relationship of fault of a target machine is described, the system including: an examination procedure creation unit that creates an examination procedure with respect to the examination location and the examination contents of the target machine using the fault knowledge data, an examination result storage unit that stores an examination history of performing examination using the examination procedure created by the examination procedure creation unit, an update target extraction unit that recommends an update location of the fault knowledge data using the examination history stored in the examination result storage unit, and a user interface that provides a function of displaying a location extracted by the update target extraction unit and updating the fault knowledge data.

Abstract: Provided is a failure mode estimation system for estimating a failure mode of a device based on an inputted state of the device. The failure mode estimation system includes: a failure mode estimation unit that estimates a failure mode of the device on the basis of the inputted state of the device and a table in which correspondence between a failure mode of the device and an estimation standard is registered; and an update unit that updates the estimation standard registered in the table when a failure mode estimated by the failure mode estimation unit is incorrect.

Abstract: Various failure rates are supposed for each facility, and an optimal maintenance plan is made. A maintenance planning apparatus includes a failure rate model generation unit that generates a failure rate model on the basis of failure probability information which is set for an O&M asset by a user, a simulation execution unit that executes simulation regarding a failure which possibly occurs in the O&M asset in a plurality of different conditions on the basis of the generated failure rate model, a KPI computation unit that computes a KPI corresponding to each of the plurality of different conditions on the basis of results of the simulation, and an analysis unit that analyzes the plurality of different conditions and KPIs respectively corresponding to the plurality of different conditions, so as to determine an optimal condition corresponding to the best KPI.

Abstract: An action-value function initializing unit inputs search information including a history of a solution, a constraint equation, and an initial state of a selectable domain of a decision variable, sets a decision variable selected in each step and a value of the decision variable as a policy, and initializes an action-value function including the policy, a selectable domain of a decision variable before policy decision, and a selectable domain of a decision variable after the policy decision as parameters. A search unit receives information of the action-value function initialized by the action-value function initializing unit, obtains a value of a corresponding action-value function from the policy, the domain of the decision variable before the policy decision, and a domain of the action-value function after the policy decision, searches for a policy in which the action-value function is largest, and searches for an optimum solution for the problem information.

Abstract: There is provided a failure mode specifying system or the like that suitably specifies a failure mode of an apparatus. A failure mode specifying system 10 includes a communication portion 11 that obtains data including a detection value of a sensor 22 which is installed in an apparatus 20, an apparatus structural parameter estimating portion 14 that estimates a predetermined apparatus structural parameter based on a structure and properties of the apparatus 20, based on the data which is obtained by the communication portion 11, a failure mode specifying portion 16 that specifies a failure mode indicating a kind of failure or failure sign of the apparatus 20, based on the apparatus structural parameter, and an input-output portion 18 that presents the failure mode which is specified by the failure mode specifying portion 16.

Abstract: A system, which is configured to generate an action for controlling a business to be carried out by a business operation system, the system is configured to: obtain business data including a plurality of attributes relating to the business from the business operation system; identify target data to be analyzed based on a distribution of a relevant indicator; analyze the target data, to thereby calculate an awareness feature, which is likely to contribute to improvement of the business evaluation indicator; generate an action for improving the business evaluation indicator based on the awareness feature.

Abstract: When multiple explanatory variables are automatically created, a huge amount of output suggestions causes a heavy burden on selecting the suggestion. A marketing support system is configured to include a suggestion extraction unit that accepts purchase data and analyzes a correlation between the purchase data to output a composite variable, a restriction filtering unit that accepts the composite variable and a restriction table to exclude the composite variable based on a restriction condition defined in the restriction table, and a result filtering unit that uses a measure result defined in the past to estimate an anticipated effect when a measure based on the composite variable is performed, and selects a plurality of explanatory variables.

Abstract: The system includes an ideal plan creation unit configured to create an ideal plan of the respective processes in a first process order based on a process knowledge information being a relationship between the product and an implementation time of the respective processes and on a predetermined indicator, a plan candidate planning unit configured to create a plurality of the plan candidates in the respective processes in an order opposite to the first process order based on a limitation condition being a limitation or condition which imposes on the respective processes, a plan candidate selection unit configured to calculate similarity between the ideal plan and each of the plurality of the plan candidates and to select the plan candidate having a high similarity to the ideal plan as an implementation plan, and a learning unit configured to reflect the selected implementation plan on the process knowledge information.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for extracting and evaluating risk information and synergy information arising out of role relationships among persons which are an essential part of a business process and realizing a safe and appropriate business process. A business process design support system in the invention includes: the business process definition unit 201 of the business process definition system 2 which receives role relationship information defined by a designer, etc. and transmits the information to the risk/synergy evaluation system 3; the risk/synergy extraction unit 301 which extracts risk/synergy factors and occurrence mechanism information based on the role relationship information; and a risk/synergy measures evaluation unit 401 which calculates risk/synergy measures candidates and estimated effects based on the risk/synergy factors and the occurrence mechanism information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for specifically detecting a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-specific secretory protein MPT64 antigen in a biological sample, whereby diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is carried out rapidly and safely with higher accuracy than before. An antibody that recognizes an epitope for MPB64 located in any one of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 4, particularly a monoclonal antibody was obtained. Thus, an immunoassay using the antibody, particularly a sandwich immunoassay using first and second antibodies to MPB64, particularly an immunochromatographic assay and an immunochromatographic test strip are provided. A biological sample can be rapidly subjected to the immunoassay without culturing or after culturing for a time before Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria in the sample substantially start to grow.

Abstract: With an object of improving system maintainability, a system which evaluates a maintenance man-hour cost of a component quantitatively is provided, and consequently when a system designer designs a component which is a unit of a subsystem obtained by putting a function of a business application and data together, it is made possible to design the component with a minimum maintenance man-hour cost by extracting a maintenance pattern obtained by patterning an influence extension place, an amendment man-hour cost, and the like at time of maintenance on the basis of maintenance history information and evaluating a maintenance man-hour cost of the component according to the maintenance pattern.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for specifically detecting a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-specific secretory protein MPT64 antigen in a biological sample, whereby diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is carried out rapidly and safely with higher accuracy than before. An antibody that recognizes an epitope for MPB64 located in any one of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 4, particularly a monoclonal antibody was obtained. Thus, an immunoassay using the antibody, particularly a sandwich immunoassay using first and second antibodies to MPB64, particularly an immunochromatographic assay and an immunochromatographic test strip are provided. A biological sample can be rapidly subjected to the immunoassay without culturing or after culturing for a time before Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria in the sample substantially start to grow.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting a virulent strain of influenza virus in a specific, rapid and simple manner, and an assay device therefor. A method for detecting a virulent strain of influenza A virus is provided, which comprises providing a first antibody that is reactive with all influenza A virus subtypes and a second antibody that is not reactive with a virulent strain of influenza A virus but is reactive with all influenza A virus subtypes other than the virulent strain, and conducting an immunoassay to detect an antigen that shows a positive response in a reaction with the first antibody and shows a negative response in a reaction with the second antibody.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for extracting and evaluating risk information and synergy information arising out of role relationships among persons which are an essential part of a business process and realizing a safe and appropriate business process. A business process design support system in the invention includes: the business process definition unit 201 of the business process definition system 2 which receives role relationship information defined by a designer, etc. and transmits the information to the risk/synergy evaluation system 3; the risk/synergy extraction unit 301 which extracts risk/synergy factors and occurrence mechanism information based on the role relationship information; and a risk/synergy measures evaluation unit 401 which calculates risk/synergy measures candidates and estimated effects based on the risk/synergy factors and the occurrence mechanism information.

Abstract: A data access method in an information system including a plurality of data utilization systems connected to a network N1, and a plurality of data provision systems connected to a network, wherein a data utilization system transmits a request for utilizing data in a data provision system to another data utilization system P2 through the network N1, the data utilization system, upon receipt of the data utilization request, transmits a processing execution request corresponding to the data utilization request to the data provision system through the network N2, the data provision system, upon receipt of the execution request, executes processing corresponding to this execution request and transmits necessary data to the data provision system through the network, and the data provision system receives the data and stores the same.

Abstract: A data access method in an information system including a plurality of data utilization systems connected to a network N1, and a plurality of data provision systems connected to a network, wherein a data utilization system transmits a request for utilizing data in a data provision system to another data utilization system P2 through the network N1, the data utilization system, upon receipt of the data utilization request, transmits a processing execution request corresponding to the data utilization request to the data provision system through the network N2, the data provision system, upon receipt of the execution request, executes processing corresponding to this execution request and transmits necessary data to the data provision system through the network, and the data provision system receives the data and stores the same.

Abstract: A data access method in an information system including a plurality of data utilization systems connected to a network N1, and a plurality of data provision systems connected to a network, wherein a data utilization system transmits a request for utilizing data in a data provision system to another data utilization system P2 through the network N1, the data utilization system, upon receipt of the data utilization request, transmits a processing execution request corresponding to the data utilization request to the data provision system through the network N2, the data provision system, upon receipt of the execution request, executes processing corresponding to this execution request and transmits necessary data to the data provision system through the network, and the data provision system receives the data and stores the same.

Abstract: A data access method in an information system including a plurality of data utilization systems connected to a network N1, and a plurality of data provision systems connected to a network, wherein a data utilization system transmits a request for utilizing data in a data provision system to another data utilization system P2 through the network N1, the data utilization system, upon receipt of the data utilization request, transmits a processing execution request corresponding to the data utilization request to the data provision system through the network N2, the data provision system, upon receipt of the execution request, executes processing corresponding to this execution request and transmits necessary data to the data provision system through the network, and the data provision system receives the data and stores the same.

Abstract: A data warehouse system includes a first database configured to receive first data from a first client, a data warehouse configured to receive second data corresponding to the first data from the first database after an interval to enable a second client to access the second data, and a dynamic database configured to receive third data corresponding to the first data from the first database prior to receipt of the second data by the data warehouse in order to provide the second client with access to the third data prior to the availability of the second data to the second client.