Shipment-Volume Prediction Device, Shipment-Volume Prediction Method, Recording Medium, and Shipment-Volume Prediction System

摘要

This invention discloses a shipment-volume prediction device that predicts the shipment volumes of products at a new store. A classification unit (90) classifies a plurality of existing stores into a plurality of clusters. On the basis of information regarding the new store, a cluster estimation unit (91) estimates which cluster the new store will belong to. A shipment-volume prediction unit (92) estimates the shipment volumes of products at the new store by computing predicted shipment volumes for said products at existing stores that belong to the same cluster as the new store.

主权项

1. A shipment-volume prediction device comprising:
a classification unit configured to classify pieces of information regarding a plurality of stores into a plurality of clusters; a cluster estimation unit configured to select a specific cluster to which a target store targeted for prediction belongs from the plurality of clusters in accordance with information representing the target store; and a shipment-volume prediction unit configured to predict a shipment-volume for the target store on the basis of a shipment-volume for at least one store in the specific cluster.