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An automatic vending machine 1 of the invention can sell items or goods including tangible items such as drinks and intangible items such as music soft which are supplied by plural vendors. The intangible items are sold by transmitting the desired data from intangible item-supplying companies A, B,

An automatic vending machine 1 of the invention can sell items or goods including tangible items such as drinks and intangible items such as music soft which are supplied by plural vendors. The intangible items are sold by transmitting the desired data from intangible item-supplying companies A, B, C through a public communication line 8 to the automatic vending machine 1 and by writing the data in a recording medium. A control computer 20 automatically calculates sales amount of each vendor based on sales data of each vendor output from the automatic vending machine, and adjusts the sales amount of each vendor by transmitting the calculating result to a banking agency 6. According to the management method of automatic vending machine and the automatic vending machine of the invention, automatic sales of items supplied by different vendors can be easily spread at low cost and without securing both of new installation places or sites of the automatic vending machine and communication lines.

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An automatic vending machine 1 of the invention can sell items or goods including tangible items such as drinks and intangible items such as music soft which are supplied by plural vendors. The intangible items are sold by transmitting the desired data from intangible item-supplying companies A, B,

An automatic vending machine 1 of the invention can sell items or goods including tangible items such as drinks and intangible items such as music soft which are supplied by plural vendors. The intangible items are sold by transmitting the desired data from intangible item-supplying companies A, B, C through a public communication line 8 to the automatic vending machine 1 and by writing the data in a recording medium. A control computer 20 automatically calculates sales amount of each vendor based on sales data of each vendor output from the automatic vending machine, and adjusts the sales amount of each vendor by transmitting the calculating result to a banking agency 6. According to the management method of automatic vending machine and the automatic vending machine of the invention, automatic sales of items supplied by different vendors can be easily spread at low cost and without securing both of new installation places or sites of the automatic vending machine and communication lines. nd second prediction-value calculation means for obtaining the prediction value of the first data by using the prediction data and the set of the plurality of prediction-coefficient sets, selected according to the identification information. 31. A data processing method for obtaining a prediction coefficient used to predict first data, from second data which has a lower quality than the first data, comprising: a step of extracting prediction data used to predict the first data, from the second data; a step of obtaining a prediction-coefficient set used to predict the first data by using the first data and the prediction data to both of which a predetermined weight is applied; a step of obtaining the prediction value of the first data by using the prediction data and the prediction-coefficient set; a step of obtaining the prediction error of the prediction value against the first data; and a step of changing the weight applied to the first data and to the prediction data, according to the prediction error. 32. A data processing method for processing second data which has a lower quality than first data to obtain the prediction value of the first data, comprising: a step of extracting prediction data used to predict the first data, from the second data; a step of relating identification information used to identify a prediction-coefficient set used to predict the first data, to third data and of storing them; a step of extracting comparison data to be compared with the stored third data, from the second data; a step of comparing the comparison data with the stored third data to search for third data having the pattern same as or similar to the comparison data; and a step of obtaining the prediction value of the first data by using the prediction data and the prediction-coefficient set identified by the identification information corresponding to the third data having the pattern same as or similar to the comparison data; wherein the prediction-coefficient set is obtained by using the first data and the prediction data to both of which a predetermined weight is applied. 33. A data processing method for processing first data to output second data, comprising: a step of extracting prediction data used to predict the first data, from the second data; a step of storing a plurality of prediction-coefficient sets used to predict the first data; a step of obtaining the prediction value of the first data by using the prediction data and a predetermined set of the plurality of prediction-coefficient sets; a step of obtaining the prediction error of the prediction value against the first data; a step of detecting a set of the plurality of prediction-coefficient sets, which minimizes the prediction error; a step of storing identification information used to identify the set of the plurality of prediction-coefficient sets, which minimizes the prediction error; and a step of outputting the identification information together with the second data;