Parameter value assignment using inputted requirements

A parameter value assignment method to be performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• receiving constraint information and parameter value information input as requirements related to value assignment to one or more parameters that are target parameters, the constraint information indicating a constraint between the target parameters or between any elements included in the target parameters, the parameter value information indicating parameter value conditions for the target parameters or the any elements;
• decomposing each of the target parameters into one or more unit blocks based on the constraint information input as the requirements;
• decomposing the constraint indicated by the constraint information into constraints between the one or more unit blocks based on a result of decomposition of the target parameters into the one or more unit blocks, and reorganizing the constraints between the one or more unit blocks, subjected to decomposition;
• decomposing the parameter value conditions indicated by the parameter value information as the requirements into parameter value conditions for the one or more unit blocks based on the result of decomposition of the target parameters into the one or more unit blocks;
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• assigning a value to each of the target parameters based on the result of decomposition of the target parameters into the one or more unit blocks, the constraints between the one or more unit blocks, and the parameter value conditions for the one or more unit blocks.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a parameter value assignment program is recorded, the program causing a computer to:

• receive constraint information and parameter value information input as requirements related to value assignment to one or more parameters that are target parameters, the constraint information indicating a constraint between the target parameters or between any elements included in the target parameters, the parameter value information indicating parameter value conditions for the target parameters or the any elements;
• decompose each of the target parameters into one or more unit blocks based on the constraint information input as the requirements;
• decompose the constraint indicated by the constraint information into constraints between the one or more unit blocks based on a result of decomposition of the target parameters into the one or more unit blocks, and reorganize the constraints between the one or more unit blocks, subjected to decomposition;
• decompose the parameter value conditions indicated by the parameter value information as the requirements into parameter value conditions for the one or more unit blocks based on the result of decomposition of the target parameters into the one or more unit blocks;
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• assign a value to each of the target parameters based on the result of decomposition of the target parameters into the one or more unit blocks, the constraints between the one or more unit blocks, and the parameter value conditions for the one or more unit blocks.