INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

摘要

This invention provides an information processing technique making it easy to determine merchandise placement in a store.;This technique calculates probabilities that customers stay by each of plural shelves (AP), using first information (customers' behavior characteristics) relevant to a probability of customers staying over time after entering a store, second information (locations-related information) indicating shelf-to-shelf distances for plural shelves provided in the store, and third information indicating a staying time (DP6) during which customers stay in the store and a move interval (DP7) at which customers move from shelf to shelf, and simulation conditions as follows: a) customers start to move from a store entrance; b) there is a high probability that customers move to a shelf nearer to them than a distant shelf among the shelves; c) customers stay in the store only for a staying time; and d) customers randomly move from shelf to shelf.

主权项

1. An information processing system comprising:
an input unit that takes input of first information relevant to a probability of customers staying over time after entering a store, second information indicating shelf-to-shelf distances for a plurality of shelves provided in the store, and third information indicating a staying time during which customers stay in the store and a move interval at which the customers move from shelf to shelf; a storage unit that stores the first information, the second information, and the third information, and simulation conditions as follows:a) the customers start to move from the store entrance;b) there is a high probability that the customers move to a shelf nearer to them than a distant shelf among the plurality of shelves;c) the customers stay in the store only for the staying time; andd) the customers randomly move from shelf to shelf,
a simulator unit that calculates probabilities that the customers stay by each of the shelves, using the first information, the second information, the third information, and the simulation conditions; and a display unit that displays the probabilities associated with the shelves.