Control device, control system, control method, program, and recording medium

A control device for controlling operation of a control-target device group which is one of a plurality of device groups each made up of a plurality of devices, comprising:

• an operational information obtaining section which obtains, from each of associated device groups, operational information indicative of an operational statuses of the each of the associated device groups, the associated device groups being device groups associated in advance with a control-target device group among a plurality of device groups;
• a storing section in which first control setting information is stored, the first control setting information specifying, for each combination of operational statuses of the associated device groups, contents of control carried out with respect to the control-target device group;
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• an operation control section which controls operation of the control-target device group in accordance with the operational information on the each of the associated device groups, which operational information has been obtained by the operational information obtaining section, and the first control setting information stored in the storing section.