US Patent 10235336 Prescriptive analytics platform and polarity analysis engine

Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein provide a prescriptive analytics platform and polarity analysis engine in which a user can identify a target objective and use the system to find out whether the user's objectives are being met, what predictive factors are positively or negatively affecting the targeted objectives, as well as what recommended changes the user can make to better meet the objectives. The systems and methods may include a polarity analysis engine configured to determine the polarity of terms in free-text input in view of the target objective and the predictive factors and use the polarity to generate the recommended changes.