DELAY ANALYSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, DELAY ANALYSIS SUPPORT METHOD AND COMPUTER PRODUCT

A delay analysis support apparatus that supports analysis of delay in a target circuit includes an acquiring unit that acquires error information concerning a cell-delay estimation error that is dependent on a characterizing tool; an error calculating unit that calculates, based on the error information and a first probability density distribution concerning the cell delay of each cell and obtained from the cell delay estimated by the characterizing tool, a second probability density distribution that concerns the cell-delay estimation error of each cell; and an linking unit that links the second probability density distribution and a cell library storing therein the first probability density distribution.