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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2023
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoharu Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dependence relation database () stores dependence relation information () wherein a dependence relation between each constituting apparatus among a plurality of constituting apparatuses, and an importance degree to represent intensity of the dependence relation are set, with a vehicle formation () being a vertex. An apparatus evaluation unit () calculates a soundness estimation value to represent soundness of a terminal constituting apparatus that does not have a constituting apparatus whereon the own constituting apparatus depends among the plurality of constituting apparatuses. A formation evaluation unit () acquires the dependence relation information (), and by using a soundness estimation value of each constituting apparatus among the plurality of constituting apparatuses including the soundness estimation value of the terminal constituting apparatus, and an importance degree of the dependence relation, calculates a soundness estimation value in consideration of the importance degree of the dependence relation of an evaluation target apparatus that is a constituting apparatus being an evaluation target among the plurality of constituting apparatuses, which has a constituting apparatus whereon the own evaluation target apparatus depends.