Patent ID: 8099351

Claim:
A method implemented in one or more electronic devices for evaluating a proposition under analysis, the method comprising: identifying, by a process executed by at least one processor, participants for evaluating the proposition under analysis; receiving at the one or more electronic devices a plurality of initial inputs related to the proposition under analysis, each of the plurality of initial inputs relating to an evaluation or an improvement of the proposition under analysis; logging, by a process executed by at least one processor, each of the plurality of initial inputs as a tradable input in a market using the one or more electronic devices; obtaining, by a process executed by at least one processor, at least one bid on at least one of the tradable inputs from at least one of the participants using the one or more electronic devices; assigning, by a process executed by at least one processor, at least one utility value to at least one of the inputs based on the bid obtained for the at least one of the tradable inputs with the one or more electronic devices; determining, by a process executed by at least one processor, and based on the at least one utility value, a consensus regarding the proposition under analysis using the one or more electronic devices; and storing the consensus in a memory of the one or more electronic devices.