Data analysis system and method of generating action

Abstract

A system, which is configured to generate an action for controlling a business to be carried out by a business operation system, the system is configured to: obtain business data including a plurality of attributes relating to the business from the business operation system; identify target data to be analyzed based on a distribution of a relevant indicator; analyze the target data, to thereby calculate an awareness feature, which is likely to contribute to improvement of the business evaluation indicator; generate an action for improving the business evaluation indicator based on the awareness feature.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A data analysis system, which is configured to generate an action for controlling a business to be carried out by a business operation system,
 the data analysis system comprising at least one computer including:   an arithmetic device;   a storage device coupled to the arithmetic device; and   an interface, which is coupled to the arithmetic device, and is to be used for communication to and from the business operation system,   wherein the arithmetic device is configured to:   obtain business data including a plurality of attributes relating to the business from the business operation system via the interface;   calculate a distribution of a relevant indicator, which is one of: a value of one of the plurality of attributes; and a value calculated based on the value of the one of the plurality of attributes, and relates to a business evaluation indicator to be used to evaluate the business;   identify target data within the distribution of the relevant indicator during a predetermined time period;   analyze the target data, to thereby calculate a plurality of awareness features which contribute to the improvement of a business evaluation indicator by causing the business evaluation indicator to approach a target value, the awareness features being determined based on a plurality of groupings of attributes relevant to the target data;   generate an action for improving the business evaluation indicator based on the awareness feature; and   output data on the generated action via the interface,   wherein the steps of analyzing the target data and generating the action are automatically performed repeatedly to accumulate the data in the knowledge base.   
     
     
         2 . The data analysis system according to  claim 1 , wherein the arithmetic device is configured to:
 obtain the business data from the business operation system after a business based on the generated action is carried out;   carry out action evaluation processing for evaluating effectiveness of the generated action based on the generated action and the business data;   store data on the generated action and a result of the action evaluation processing in the storage device as a knowledge base in association with each other; and   generate the action for improving the business evaluation indicator based on the awareness feature and the knowledge base in a case where the action for improving the business evaluation indicator is generated.   
     
     
         3 . The data analysis system according to  claim 2 , wherein the arithmetic device is configured to:
 identify business data corresponding to a specific range of the distribution of the relevant indicator as the target data;   analyze values of the plurality of attributes included in the business data identified as the target data, to thereby calculate a combination of the values of the plurality of attributes as the awareness feature; and   change a value of at least one of the plurality of attributes included in the combination of the values of the plurality of attributes calculated as the awareness feature, to thereby generate the action for improving the business evaluation indicator.   
     
     
         4 . The data analysis system according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the business operation system is configured to carry out a business including a plurality of operations, and   wherein the arithmetic device is configured to:   identify one of a sequence and a combination of operations forming an execution order of the plurality of operations as the target data based on the distribution of the relevant indicator indicating a relationship among the plurality of operations;   analyze the target data, to thereby calculate one of a sequence and a combination of operations that are likely to contribute to the improvement of the business evaluation indicator as the awareness feature; and   generate an execution schedule of the plurality of operations as the action for improving the business evaluation indicator based on one of the sequence and the combination of operations calculated as the awareness feature.   
     
     
         5 . The data analysis system according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the storage device is configured to store constraint information for managing information on an action to be excluded, and   wherein the arithmetic device is configured to determine whether the generated action is the action to be excluded based on the constraint information.   
     
     
         6 . A method of generating, by a data analysis system, an action for controlling a business to be carried out by a business operation system,
 the data analysis system including at least one computer including:   an arithmetic device;   a storage device coupled to the arithmetic device; and   an interface, which is coupled to the arithmetic device, and is to be used for communication to and from the business operation system,   the method comprising the steps of:   obtaining, by the arithmetic device, business data including a plurality of attributes, which are parameters relating to the business, from the business operation system via the interface;   calculating a distribution of a relevant indicator, which is one of: a value of one of the plurality of attributes; and a value calculated based on the value of the one of the plurality of attributes, and relates to a business evaluation indicator to be used to evaluate the business;   identifying, by the arithmetic device, target data within the based on a distribution of the relevant indicator during a predetermined time period;   analyzing, by the arithmetic device, the target data, to thereby calculate a plurality of awareness features which contribute to the improvement of a business evaluation indicator by causing the business evaluation indicator to approach a target value, the awareness features being determined based on a plurality of groupings of attributes relevant to the target data;   generating, by the arithmetic device, an action for improving the business evaluation indicator based on the awareness feature; and   outputting, by the arithmetic device, data on the generated action via the interface,   wherein the steps of analyzing the target data, generating the action, obtaining the business data, carrying out action evaluation processing, storing data on the generated action and a result of the action evaluation processing and generating another action for improving the business evaluation indicator are automatically performed repeatedly to accumulate the data in the knowledge base.   
     
     
         7 . The method of generating an action according to  claim 6 , further including:
 obtaining, by the arithmetic device, the business data from the business operation system after a business based on the generated action is carried out;   carrying out, by the arithmetic device, action evaluation processing for evaluating effectiveness of the generated action based on the generated action and the business data; and   storing, by the arithmetic device, data on the generated action and a result of the action evaluation processing in the storage device as a knowledge base in association with each other,   wherein the generating step includes generating, by the arithmetic device, the action for improving the business evaluation indicator based on the awareness feature and the knowledge base.   
     
     
         8 . The method of generating an action according to  claim 7 ,
 wherein the identifying step includes identifying, by the arithmetic device, business data corresponding to a specific range of the distribution of the relevant indicator as the target data,   wherein the analyzing step includes analyzing, by the arithmetic device, values of the plurality of attributes included in the business data identified as the target data, to thereby calculate a combination of the values of the plurality of attributes as the awareness feature, and   wherein the generating step includes changing, by the arithmetic device, a value of at least one of the plurality of attributes included in the combination of the values of the plurality of attributes calculated as the awareness feature, to thereby generate the action for improving the business evaluation indicator.   
     
     
         9 . The method of generating an action according to  claim 7 ,
 wherein the business operation system is configured to carry out a business including a plurality of operations,   wherein the identifying step includes identifying, by the arithmetic device, one of a sequence and a combination of operations forming an execution order of the plurality of operations as the target data based on the distribution of the relevant indicator indicating a relationship among the plurality of operations,   wherein the analyzing step includes analyzing, by the arithmetic device, the target data, to thereby calculate one of a sequence and a combination of operations that are likely to contribute to the improvement of the business evaluation indicator as the awareness feature, and   wherein the generating step includes generating, by the arithmetic device, an execution schedule of the plurality of operations as the action for improving the business evaluation indicator based on one of the sequence and the combination of operations calculated as the awareness feature.   
     
     
         10 . The generation method for the action according to  claim 7 ,
 wherein the storage device is configured to store constraint information for managing information on an action to be excluded, and   wherein the generating step includes determining, by the arithmetic device, whether the generated action is the action to be excluded based on the constraint information.