Physicists Attempt to Scale the Ivory Towers of Finance

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 26-39

  Doyne Farmer, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0346613557     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5992.906615     Document Type: Article

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