ICT Configuration Evaluation Automating Quantitative Requirement Normalization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current ICT system design technologies require manual adjustment of units, optimization directions, and weights for quantitative requirements, limiting the automation of evaluation processes and the consideration of multiple quantitative factors in system configuration proposals.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that acquire configuration proposal information, calculate expected values, normalize quantitative values using specific functions, and compute an evaluation value for ICT system configurations, automating the evaluation process by converting value ranges and adjusting optimization directions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual adjustment of units, optimization directions, and weights is performed for quantitative requirements, then evaluation accuracy can be controlled, but automation extent is reduced and manual burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service automation by having the computer automatically determine units, optimization directions, and weights for quantitative requirements without manual intervention. The computer acquires configuration proposal information, automatically identifies quantitative requirements, determines their units based on the information, identifies optimization directions from requirement descriptions, and calculates weights using machine learning models, thereby eliminating the need for manual adjustment while maintaining evaluation accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual adjustment process with an automated computational system. Instead of manually setting units, optimization directions, and weights, the system uses computer-based automated determination and machine learning models to substitute the manual mechanical process, achieving both automation and accuracy
2Reliability
If multiple quantitative requirements are considered in configuration evaluation, then design quality improves, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system manages multiple quantitative requirements by dynamically determining units, optimization directions, and weights as parameters for each requirement. The computer adapts these parameters based on the specific configuration proposal and requirement types, allowing flexible handling of multiple quantitative factors without fixed complex structures, thereby improving design quality while managing processing complexity through adaptive parameter adjustment
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal evaluation framework that can handle multiple types of quantitative requirements (bandwidth, delay, cost, etc.) through a single integrated system. The computer performs multiple functions including acquiring configuration information, determining units for different requirement types, identifying optimization directions, and calculating weights, thereby managing design quality across multiple quantitative factors without proportionally increasing processing complexity
3Reliability
If manual adjustment of weights and optimization directions is required, then evaluation reliability can be maintained, but design speed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves self-service automation where the computer automatically determines weights and optimization directions without manual intervention. The computer analyzes configuration proposal information, automatically identifies quantitative requirements, determines their optimization directions from requirement descriptions, and calculates weights using trained machine learning models, thereby maintaining evaluation reliability while eliminating manual adjustment time and increasing design speed
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus to perform: acquiring configuration proposal information including a plurality of first quantitative requirements; calculating an expected value of each of the quantitative values in each of the first quantitative requirements based on a second quantitative requirement that is a combination of quantitative requirements each representing a requirement in which a quantitative value regarding configurations of a plurality of second information communication systems is set; converting, for each of the first quantitative requirements, a value range of the expected value of each of the quantitative values of the first quantitative requirement to a certain range based on a normalization function defined according to a type of the first quantitative requirement; calculating an evaluation value of the configuration proposal information based on the converted expected values of the quantitative values of the first quantitative requirements; and outputting the evaluation value to an output device.


