A method and apparatus that detects a multiplicity of normal data sets,
each of which includes values of n parameters, for each of the operation
modes of an object having a plurality of operation modes. Self-organizing
maps are provided for each operation mode using the normal data sets.
Abnormal data sets representing virtual abnormal states are created by
modifying the values of the n parameters of each of the multiple normal
data sets so that as many abnormal data sets as the number of deviation
vectors are created for each of the multiple normal data sets. Abnormal
operation mode proportion vectors are then created by selecting a
self-organizing map from the above noted self-organizing maps which has
the highest similarity degree to each of the abnormal data sets.