The value of a piece of information is proportional the change in belief it creates divided by cost.

P(x+Δx)-P(x)
C(Δx)

 Where P is the Price function, C is the Cost function, x is a priori knowledge, Δx is the change in beliefs, and x+Δx is the a posteriori knowledge.

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