PREDICTION DEVICE AND PREDICTION METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately predict a load on a network and a server by a new application in the future before providing the new application.SOLUTION: A prediction device 1 comprises: a change amount determination unit 123 for determining the amount of change in traffic stored in traffic history information on a plurality of first terminals 7A; a similar terminal determination unit 124 that refers to a user application information DB 111, and determines a first terminal 7A having a similar tendency to a second terminal 7B on the basis of installation information on applications in the plurality of first terminals 7A; and a prediction unit 125 for predicting the traffic of the second terminal 7B on the basis of the change amount in the traffic of the determined first terminal 7A and the traffic of the second terminal 7B in the traffic history information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3