Patent ID: 7827067

Claim:
A computerized system for knowledge management, comprising: a processing device, the processing device comprising: a profile manager for managing user profiles; and a bid manager for receiving a project listing from a user delegate and a set of project parameters associated with the listing, the bid manager providing a bidding room according to at least one of the project parameters, the bid manager comprising: an access control manager for verifying a user's registration, verifying a bidder's registration, controlling a bidder's access to the project listing according to a user profile and at least one of the project parameters, and receiving a bid from a bidder having access; and a quality-of-bid manager for computing a quality of the bid based on the user profile of the bidder having access and at least one of the project parameters, and resolving the bid based on the quality of the bid; and an exception handler coupled to the bid manager and configured to resolve an exception to the bid by computing a penalty associated with the exception and assessing the penalty to a defaulting bidder, wherein the project parameters include an identification of at least one expertise area associated with a project, a weight factor associated with the expertise area, and at least one weight factor associated with the user profile of the bidder having access; and further wherein the quality-of-bid manager manages feedback information associated with the resolved bid, the managing comprising: computing updated weight factors based on the managed feedback information, the resolved bid, and a learning rate associated with the weight factors.