Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium

An information processing method by a computer storing store data including the number of unpaid customers who are unpaid in a store, the number of operating payment devices, and the number of waiting customers waiting for payment in a payment devices, at each of a plurality of time points, the information processing method comprising:

• acquiring the number of currently operating payment devices;
• calculating the number of currently unpaid customers based on a sensor data of the store;
• specifying past store data in which the number of unpaid customers and the number of operating payment devices similar to the number of currently unpaid customers and the number of currently operating payment devices are associated with each other;
• and
• determining the number of required payment devices based on the specified store data.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that records store data including the number of unpaid customers who are unpaid in a store, the number of operating payment devices, and the number of waiting customers waiting for payment in a payment devices, at each of a plurality of time points, and a program for causing a computer to execute:

• acquiring the number of currently operating payment devices;
• calculating the number of currently unpaid customers based on a sensor data of the store;
• specifying past store data in which the number of unpaid customers and the number of operating payment devices similar to the number of currently unpaid customers and the number of currently operating payment devices are associated with each other;
• and
• determining the number of required payment devices based on the specified store data.