2.1 Dual Signal Sources
- Explicit Spend: people buy queries or stake Solar to missions (e.g., "Alzheimer's research").
- Implicit Benefit Inference: the system infers priorities from revealed preferences — which services people use, measured benefit indices (health, time saved, risk reduced), and outcome lift across demographics.
2.2 Statistical Averaging Engine
The directive signal for a challenge c at time t blends explicit and implicit components with adaptive weights:
D(c,t) = α(t)·Explicit(c,t) + (1−α(t))·Implicit(c,t)
- Explicit(c,t): sum of Solar queries, stakes, and bounties targeted to
c, normalized by population.
- Implicit(c,t): demand inferred from usage, unmet-need scores, QoL lift, and equity adjustments.
- α(t) adapts with market reliability (e.g., higher when explicit participation is broad and non-manipulated).
Compute routing uses a market-clearing share:
ComputeShare(c,t) = D(c,t) / Σ_c D(c,t)
Result: real-time "supply & demand" for intelligence. People can spend directly, but the mesh also learns what people value from the benefits they actually pursue.