COGNITIVE SYSTEM

A system for detecting activities and changes in the activities of a user and dynamically performing an action is described. The system comprises a knowledge processor that uses explicit and tacit knowledge, based on cognitive and context data related to an activity to forecast and optimizing future decisions. The system comprises a data receiver to receive data for an action from an access device, the data comprising transactional data associated with contextual information, a scheduler to capture cognitive and context data from the data, perform an activity in response to the action and render activity data associated with the activity. Further, the system comprises an activity monitor to detect a change in one of the action and activity, a forecaster to predict multiple options for a target activity, a trade-off analyzer to perform analysis on the data and the activity data, and a prescriptive engine to identify an option from amongst the multiple options as a target activity to be performed in response to the change.