A wall-thickness thinning rate at a not-measured position is estimated
using information having a small number of measured points. Simulation of
behavior of fluid flowing inside a pipe line is performed based on
wall-thickness data of pips and three-dimensional layout data of the pipe
line including the pips using a computer, and simulated wall-thickness
thinned data of the pipes composing the pipe line is calculated from
change of the simulated behavior of fluid.