Method and apparatus for estimating demand, and computer product
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsKazuhiko Migita, Mitsuhiro Itsuki, Kazuki Shimojima
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Abstract
An apparatus for estimating a demand for a service offered via a network includes an external-factor storing unit that stores an event for a case in which information relating to the service appears in a predetermined information source on the network, as an external factor affecting the demand; a demand-amount calculating unit that calculates an amount of the demand for the service by determining whether the event as the external factor stored is appeared in the predetermined information source; and a resource-change instructing unit that instructs a change of a resource allocated to the service, according to the amount of the demand calculated.
Claims9
An apparatus for estimating a demand for a service offered via a network, the apparatus comprising:
- an external-factor storing unit that stores an event for a case in which information relating to the service appears in a predetermined information source on the network, as an external factor affecting the demand;
- a demand-amount calculating unit that calculates an amount of the demand for the service by determining whether the event as the external factor stored is appeared in the predetermined information source;
- and
- a resource-change instructing unit that instructs a change of a resource allocated to the service, according to the amount of the demand calculated.
A method estimating a demand for a service offered via a network, the method comprising:
- storing an event for a case in which information relating to the service appears in a predetermined information source on the network, as an external factor affecting the demand;
- calculating an amount of the demand for the service by determining whether the event as the external factor stored is appeared in the predetermined information source;
- and
- instructing a change of a resource allocated to the service, according to the amount of the demand calculated.
A computer-readable recording medium that stores a computer program for estimating a demand for a service offered via a network, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute
- storing an event for a case in which information relating to the service appears in a predetermined information source on the network, as an external factor affecting the demand;
- calculating an amount of the demand for the service by determining whether the event as the external factor stored is appeared in the predetermined information source;
- and
- instructing a change of a resource allocated to the service, according to the amount of the demand calculated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.