TRANSACTION-ENABLED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING A FORWARD MARKET PRICE UTILIZING EXTERNAL DATA SOURCES AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION REQUIREMENTS

摘要

Transaction-enabling systems and methods are disclosed. A system may include a controller to interpret a resource utilization requirement for a task system and a plurality of external data sources. The system may further include an expert system to predict a forward market price for a resource in response to the resource utilization requirement and the plurality of external data sources. Then, in response to the predicted forward market price, the controller may execute a transaction on a resource market.