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  1. Laboratory of Economics and Management, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

    G. Fagiolo

  2. University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    C. Birchenhall

  3. Manchester Metropolition University, Business School, Manchester, UK

    P. Windrum

  4. MERIT, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    P. Windrum

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Fagiolo, G., Birchenhall, C. & Windrum, P. Empirical Validation in Agent-based Models: Introduction to the Special Issue. Comput Econ 30, 189–194 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10614-007-9109-z

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