Patent Document ID: 8756177
Application ID: 13089085
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-based method for analyzing incentives and predicting future actions of agents whose incentives are unknown, said method comprising: storing, in a computer memory, data relating to previously observed behavior of at least one of an agent of interest and agents that can be assumed to hold similar utilities to the agent of interest, thereby defining an agent class; deriving with a processing device and based on the stored data, at least one unique incentive of the agent class by deriving at least a cost for each of a plurality of possible actions of the agent of interest; observing a sequence of behavior of the agent of interest; inputting the sequence of behavior to an analyzer; deriving at least one specific goal of the agent of interest based on the sequence of behavior; and predicting at least one future action of the agent of interest based on a maximization of reward for the agent of interest and the at least one derived goal, the reward based on the at least one derived incentive.