Value (Noble Prize, at time t) = V(NP,T) =
Benefits - Costs =
Total Happiness - Total Price Paid
(summed over everyone + everything else over some times in past to future).-
There are succint formulas in physics (and probably other fields) which write this formula in more technical terms.
Most Noble prizes (eg Obama's and MLK's peace prize, Einstein's physics prize) get 1 M$ .
Their benefits vary as do prices or costs. (All persons mentioned above had bills before thy got the prize).
In general, following the simple logic of 'The laws of chaos' and AoC (anarcho-communism)
V (NP,t) = 0 for all NP and t.
In physics, one calls V = H = hamiltonian H = Energy.
E= 0 on average.
sometimes you write p ~ exp^(-V/kT).
and other gformulas like F= U -TS where E = U =V.
Every ant should get a noble prize but have to use the money to pay back its student debt or loan on life,
and also pay its salary as a tenured professor at Ant. U.