1. An arbitrage agent, comprising: at least one memory storing system condition information representing an estimate of a system condition; at least one memory storing accounting information representing an estimate of a system condition; an interface port to an automated communication network; and at least one automated processor, configured to automatically engage in a transaction with an automated remote agent, negotiated by communications through the interface port to the automated communication network, wherein the transaction comprises at least a communication of the system condition information, and a compensation for the communicated system condition information based on at least a portion of the economic surplus resulting from a decrease in uncertainty risk as a result of the communicated system condition information, which results in a change in the stored accounting information.