An Agent-Based Model of Interactions in the Payment Card Market
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1 Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents (CCFEA), University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Great Britain, E-Mail: [email protected] 2 University of Bath, School of Management, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, Great Britain, E-Mail: [email protected] 3 Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Great Britain, E-Mail: [email protected]
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