DETERMINATION METHOD, DETERMINATION DEVICE, MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

This decision method: determines whether measurement data pertaining to a plurality of power storage elements included in a system is periodically stored in a storage device; when the measurement data is determined as stored, determines, on the basis of the acquired measurement data, whether each of the plurality of power storage elements reaches the end of life within a period corresponding to a standard use period at a prescribed temperature; and decides that a power storage element determined as reaching the end of life is required to be replaced.