SIMULATION MODEL DISTRIBUTING METHOD, SIMULATION MODEL GATHERING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable many unspecified users to use a simulation model (hereinafter merely a 'model') for analyzing an object while keeping its confidentiality. SOLUTION: A computer 12 for a model provider sends the model and model- related information to a server computer 16. The model-related information includes reference information and use permission/refusal information. A computer 16 having received them distributes the reference information to respective computers 14 of users who desire to use the model on condition that the use permission/refusal information permits the respective model users to use the model. When each model user desiring person inputs a request to use the model corresponding to the reference information to the computer 14 after browsing the received reference information on the screen of the computer 14, the computer 16 sends the simulation model to the computer 14 on condition that the model provider permits the use finally.