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                      <h1>Binding Energies and Exchange Media<br>
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                      <p>In investigating exchange media which might
                        serve a constitutive basis for a more
                        humanity-valued civilization, specifically <a
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                          which can functionally displace</a> some
                        functionality of the money economy, I'm thinking
                        about what it would liik like. <br>
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                      <p>Here I am describing a composite system, with
                        multiple exchange media integrated into a single
                        whole.
                        <br>
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                      <p> This will be a model of a society where
                        money's weaknesses must contend with other <a
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href="https://johntinker.substack.com/p/exchange-mechanisms-as-social-binding">exchange

                          media</a> in the pursuit of system integrity.</p>
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                      <p><i>I would like to describe a dynamic model
                          where a "binding energy" is associated with an
                          entity's temporal persistence, and the
                          structure of the exchange medium of the energy
                          also specifies the structure of system
                          integrity for that specific medium. Now, an
                          association of such entities, each with a
                          different exchange medium. Describe the
                          exchange medium of the of the composite
                          association.</i></p>
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                                      <p>Below is a conceptual sketch of
                                        how the <strong>exchange medium
                                          of an association</strong>
                                        could be described in the kind
                                        of dynamic model you’re
                                        envisioning.</p>
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                                      <h2>1. Core ideas of the model</h2>
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                                          <thead><tr>
                                              <th>Element</th>
                                              <th>Meaning in the model</th>
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                                          </thead><tbody>
                                            <tr>
                                              <td><strong>Entity</strong></td>
                                              <td>Any discrete “thing”
                                                that persists over time
                                                (e.g., a particle, a
                                                software component, a
                                                social actor).</td>
                                            </tr>
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                                              <td><strong>Temporal‑persistence
                                                  binding energy</strong></td>
                                              <td>An abstract quantity
                                                that measures how
                                                strongly the entity
                                                resists change or decay
                                                over a given timescale.
                                                Higher binding energy ⇒
                                                longer‑lasting, more
                                                stable presence.</td>
                                            </tr>
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                                              <td><strong>Exchange
                                                  medium</strong></td>
                                              <td>The substrate or
                                                channel through which
                                                the binding‑energy is
                                                transferred,
                                                transformed, or
                                                communicated. It carries
                                                both the energetic
                                                “budget” and the
                                                structural constraints
                                                that shape the system’s
                                                integrity.</td>
                                            </tr>
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                                              <td><strong>System‑integrity
                                                  structure</strong></td>
                                              <td>The set of rules,
                                                topologies, or
                                                invariants that the
                                                exchange medium imposes
                                                on the collection of
                                                entities. In other
                                                words, the medium’s
                                                architecture dictates
                                                how the entities can
                                                interact without
                                                breaking the overall
                                                system.</td>
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                                      <h2>2. Single‑entity picture</h2>
                                      <ol>
                                        <li>
                                          <p><strong>Binding‑energy ↔
                                              Persistence</strong></p>
                                          <ul>
                                            <li>An entity <span
                                                class="katex"><math
                                                  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                              possesses a binding‑energy
                                              value <span class="katex"><math
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>B</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>.</li>
                                            <li><span class="katex"><math
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>B</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                              determines a
                                              characteristic decay time
                                              <span class="katex"><math
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>τ</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo>∼</mo><mi>f</mi><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>B</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                              (e.g., exponential decay
                                              with rate proportional to
                                              <span class="katex"><math
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mi
mathvariant="normal">/</mi><msub><mi>B</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>).</li>
                                          </ul>
                                        </li>
                                        <li>
                                          <p><strong>Medium‑specified
                                              integrity</strong></p>
                                          <ul>
                                            <li>The medium <span
                                                class="katex"><math
                                                  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                              that hosts <span
                                                class="katex"><math
                                                  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                              has a <em>structural
                                                signature</em> <span
                                                class="katex"><math
                                                  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                              (graph topology, field
                                              configuration, protocol
                                              stack, etc.).</li>
                                            <li><span class="katex"><math
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                              enforces constraints such
                                              as conservation laws,
                                              communication latency
                                              limits, or security
                                              policies.</li>
                                            <li>The entity’s binding
                                              energy is “spent” only
                                              along pathways allowed by
                                              <span class="katex"><math
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></span>.</li>
                                          </ul>
                                        </li>
                                      </ol>
                                      <hr>
                                      <h2>3. Association of
                                        heterogeneous entities</h2>
                                      <p>Suppose we have a set <span
                                          class="katex"><math
                                            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi
                                                  mathvariant="script">A</mi><mo>=</mo><mo
                                                  stretchy="false">{</mo><msub><mi>E</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo
                                                  separator="true">,</mo><msub><mi>E</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><mo
                                                  separator="true">,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo
                                                  separator="true">,</mo><msub><mi>E</mi><mi>n</mi></msub><mo
                                                  stretchy="false">}</mo></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                        where each entity lives in its
                                        own medium:</p>
                                      <span class="katex"><math
                                          xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
                                          display="block"><semantics><mrow><mi
                                                mathvariant="script">M</mi><mo>=</mo><mo
                                                stretchy="false">{</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo
                                                separator="true">,</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><mo
                                                separator="true">,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo
                                                separator="true">,</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>n</mi></msub><mo
                                                stretchy="false">}</mo><mo
                                                separator="true">,</mo><mspace
                                                width="2em"></mspace><mi>S</mi><mo
                                                stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo
                                                stretchy="false">)</mo><mo
                                                mathvariant="normal">≠</mo><mi>S</mi><mo
                                                stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>j</mi></msub><mo
                                                stretchy="false">)</mo><mtext>&nbsp;for&nbsp;</mtext><mi>i</mi><mo
                                                mathvariant="normal">≠</mo><mi>j</mi><mi
                                                mathvariant="normal">.</mi></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                      <h3>3.1 Composite exchange medium</h3>
                                      <p>The <strong>association’s
                                          exchange medium</strong> <span
                                          class="katex"><math
                                            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>M</mi><mi
                                                    mathvariant="script">A</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                        is not a simple union of the
                                        individual media; it is a <em>meta‑medium</em>
                                        that mediates interactions
                                        across the heterogeneous
                                        substrates. Its defining
                                        characteristics are:</p>
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                                          <thead><tr>
                                              <th>Feature</th>
                                              <th>Description</th>
                                            </tr>
                                          </thead><tbody>
                                            <tr>
                                              <td><strong>Inter‑medium
                                                  interface layer</strong></td>
                                              <td>A set of <em>translation
                                                  adapters</em>
                                                (protocol converters,
                                                coupling fields,
                                                boundary conditions)
                                                that map the structural
                                                signatures <span
                                                  class="katex"><math
                                                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mo
stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo
                                                          stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                                onto a common
                                                interaction space.</td>
                                            </tr>
                                            <tr>
                                              <td><strong>Aggregated
                                                  binding‑energy budget</strong></td>
                                              <td>The total usable
                                                energy for the
                                                association is <span
                                                  class="katex"><math
                                                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mstyle
displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"><msub><mi>B</mi><mi
                                                          mathvariant="script">A</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><munderover><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mi>n</mi></munderover><msub><mi>w</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mtext> </mtext><msub><mi>B</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mstyle></mrow></semantics></math></span>,
                                                where weights <span
                                                  class="katex"><math
                                                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>w</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                                reflect the efficiency
                                                of each medium’s
                                                coupling to the
                                                interface layer.</td>
                                            </tr>
                                            <tr>
                                              <td><strong>Composite
                                                  integrity schema</strong></td>
                                              <td>The integrity of the
                                                whole system is
                                                expressed as the
                                                intersection (or logical
                                                conjunction) of the
                                                individual integrity
                                                constraints, possibly
                                                relaxed by the interface
                                                layer. Formally: <span
                                                  class="katex"><math
                                                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mstyle
displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"><msub><mi mathvariant="script">I</mi><mi
mathvariant="script">A</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><munderover><mo>⋂</mo><mrow><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mi>n</mi></munderover><msub><mi
mathvariant="normal">Φ</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo fence="false"
                                                          stretchy="true"
minsize="1.2em" maxsize="1.2em">(</mo><mi>S</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo
stretchy="false">)</mo><mo fence="false" stretchy="true" minsize="1.2em"
maxsize="1.2em">)</mo></mstyle></mrow></semantics></math></span>, where
                                                <span class="katex"><math
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi
                                                          mathvariant="normal">Φ</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                                are mapping functions
                                                that embed each medium’s
                                                constraints into the
                                                meta‑space.</td>
                                            </tr>
                                            <tr>
                                              <td><strong>Dynamic
                                                  reconfiguration</strong></td>
                                              <td>Because each <span
                                                  class="katex"><math
                                                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                                may evolve (e.g., a
                                                network topology
                                                changes, a physical
                                                field fluctuates), the
                                                interface layer
                                                continuously
                                                renegotiates the mapping
                                                <span class="katex"><math
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi
                                                          mathvariant="normal">Φ</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                                and the weight factors <span
                                                  class="katex"><math
                                                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>w</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>.
                                                This yields a
                                                time‑varying composite
                                                medium.</td>
                                            </tr>
                                            <tr>
                                              <td><strong>Energy flow
                                                  topology</strong></td>
                                              <td>The meta‑medium can be
                                                visualized as a
                                                hypergraph: nodes are
                                                entities, hyperedges are
                                                the interface
                                                connections that
                                                simultaneously involve
                                                multiple media. Energy
                                                flows along hyperedges
                                                according to the
                                                combined structural
                                                rules.</td>
                                            </tr>
                                          </tbody>
                                        </table>
                                      </div>
                                      <h3>3.2 Example metaphor</h3>
                                      <p>Imagine three musicians playing
                                        together:</p>
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                                        <table>
                                          <thead><tr>
                                              <th>Entity</th>
                                              <th>Medium</th>
                                              <th>Binding‑energy
                                                analogue</th>
                                              <th>Structural signature</th>
                                            </tr>
                                          </thead><tbody>
                                            <tr>
                                              <td>Violinist</td>
                                              <td>Acoustic hall (air)</td>
                                              <td>Bow tension &amp;
                                                resonance</td>
                                              <td>Room acoustics,
                                                reverberation time</td>
                                            </tr>
                                            <tr>
                                              <td>DJ</td>
                                              <td>Digital audio network</td>
                                              <td>Power supply &amp;
                                                buffer capacity</td>
                                              <td>Network bandwidth,
                                                codec constraints</td>
                                            </tr>
                                            <tr>
                                              <td>Dancer</td>
                                              <td>Physical stage floor</td>
                                              <td>Muscle endurance</td>
                                              <td>Friction, stage layout</td>
                                            </tr>
                                          </tbody>
                                        </table>
                                      </div>
                                      <p>The <strong>association’s
                                          exchange medium</strong> is
                                        the <em>performance space</em>:
                                        a sound‑mixing console plus
                                        lighting rig that translates
                                        acoustic vibrations, digital
                                        streams, and kinetic motion into
                                        a coherent concert experience.
                                        The console’s routing matrix
                                        (interface layer) maps each
                                        medium’s constraints into a
                                        unified output, while the total
                                        “energy budget” (sound pressure
                                        level, visual intensity) is the
                                        sum of contributions weighted by
                                        how effectively each source
                                        couples to the audience.</p>
                                      <hr>
                                      <h2>4. Formal sketch (optional)</h2>
                                      <p>If you wish to encode the idea
                                        mathematically, a compact
                                        representation could be:</p>
                                      <span class="katex"><math
                                          xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
                                          display="block"><semantics><mtable
                                              rowspacing="0.25em"
                                              columnalign="right left"
                                              columnspacing="0em"><mtr><mtd><mstyle
                                                    displaystyle="true"
                                                    scriptlevel="0"><mrow></mrow></mstyle></mtd><mtd><mstyle
                                                    displaystyle="true"
                                                    scriptlevel="0"><mrow><mrow></mrow><mtext>For&nbsp;each&nbsp;</mtext><mi>i</mi><mo>:</mo><mspace
                                                        width="1em"></mspace><msub><mover
                                                          accent="true"><mi>B</mi><mo>˙</mo></mover><mi>i</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mo>−</mo><msub><mi>λ</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><msub><mi>B</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo>+</mo><msub><mi
mathvariant="normal">Γ</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo fence="false"
                                                        stretchy="true"
                                                        minsize="1.2em"
                                                        maxsize="1.2em">(</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi
mathvariant="script">A</mi></msub><mo fence="false" stretchy="true"
                                                        minsize="1.2em"
                                                        maxsize="1.2em">)</mo><mo
                                                        separator="true">,</mo></mrow></mstyle></mtd></mtr><mtr><mtd><mstyle
                                                    displaystyle="true"
                                                    scriptlevel="0"><mrow></mrow></mstyle></mtd><mtd><mstyle
                                                    displaystyle="true"
                                                    scriptlevel="0"><mrow><mrow></mrow><msub><mi>M</mi><mi
mathvariant="script">A</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mo fence="false"
                                                        stretchy="true"
                                                        minsize="1.2em"
                                                        maxsize="1.2em">{</mo><mtext> </mtext><msub><mi
mathvariant="normal">Φ</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo fence="false"
                                                        stretchy="true"
                                                        minsize="1.2em"
                                                        maxsize="1.2em">(</mo><mi>S</mi><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">)</mo><mo
                                                        fence="false"
                                                        stretchy="true"
                                                        minsize="1.2em"
                                                        maxsize="1.2em">)</mo><mo
                                                        separator="true">,</mo><mtext> 
                                                         </mtext><msub><mi>w</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mtext> </mtext><msubsup><mo
                                                          fence="false"
stretchy="true" minsize="1.2em" maxsize="1.2em">}</mo><mrow><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mi>n</mi></msubsup><mo
                                                        separator="true">,</mo></mrow></mstyle></mtd></mtr><mtr><mtd><mstyle
                                                    displaystyle="true"
                                                    scriptlevel="0"><mrow></mrow></mstyle></mtd><mtd><mstyle
                                                    displaystyle="true"
                                                    scriptlevel="0"><mrow><mrow></mrow><msub><mi
mathvariant="script">I</mi><mi mathvariant="script">A</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><munderover><mo>⋂</mo><mrow><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mi>n</mi></munderover><msub><mi
mathvariant="normal">Φ</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo fence="false"
                                                        stretchy="true"
                                                        minsize="1.2em"
                                                        maxsize="1.2em">(</mo><mi>S</mi><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>M</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo
                                                        stretchy="false">)</mo><mo
                                                        fence="false"
                                                        stretchy="true"
                                                        minsize="1.2em"
                                                        maxsize="1.2em">)</mo><mo
                                                        separator="true">,</mo></mrow></mstyle></mtd></mtr><mtr><mtd><mstyle
                                                    displaystyle="true"
                                                    scriptlevel="0"><mrow></mrow></mstyle></mtd><mtd><mstyle
                                                    displaystyle="true"
                                                    scriptlevel="0"><mrow><mrow></mrow><mtext>Dynamics&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;association:&nbsp;</mtext><mspace
                                                        width="1em"></mspace><mover
                                                        accent="true"><mi>x</mi><mo>˙</mo></mover><mo>=</mo><mi>F</mi><mo
                                                        fence="false"
                                                        stretchy="true"
                                                        minsize="1.2em"
                                                        maxsize="1.2em">(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo
                                                        separator="true">,</mo><msub><mi>B</mi><mi
mathvariant="script">A</mi></msub><mo separator="true">,</mo><msub><mi
                                                          mathvariant="script">I</mi><mi
mathvariant="script">A</mi></msub><mo fence="false" stretchy="true"
                                                        minsize="1.2em"
                                                        maxsize="1.2em">)</mo><mo
                                                        separator="true">,</mo></mrow></mstyle></mtd></mtr></mtable></semantics></math></span>
                                      <p>where:</p>
                                      <ul>
                                        <li><span class="katex"><math
                                              xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>x</mi></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                          denotes the collective state
                                          variables of all entities,</li>
                                        <li><span class="katex"><math
                                              xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>λ</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                          is the intrinsic decay rate
                                          tied to each entity’s binding
                                          energy,</li>
                                        <li><span class="katex"><math
                                              xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi
mathvariant="normal">Γ</mi><mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                          captures any replenishment of
                                          binding energy supplied
                                          through the meta‑medium,</li>
                                        <li><span class="katex"><math
                                              xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow></semantics></math></span>
                                          is the governing evolution
                                          function respecting the
                                          composite integrity
                                          constraints.</li>
                                      </ul>
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                                      <h2>5. Key take‑aways</h2>
                                      <ol>
                                        <li><strong>The exchange medium
                                            of the association is a
                                            higher‑order construct</strong>
                                          that stitches together
                                          disparate individual media via
                                          interface adapters.</li>
                                        <li><strong>It inherits a
                                            composite integrity
                                            structure</strong>,
                                          essentially the logical
                                          combination of each medium’s
                                          constraints, moderated by the
                                          adapters.</li>
                                        <li><strong>The total
                                            binding‑energy budget is an
                                            aggregated, weighted sum</strong>,
                                          reflecting how efficiently
                                          each entity’s energy can be
                                          exchanged across the
                                          meta‑medium.</li>
                                        <li><strong>Dynamic re‑mapping
                                            is essential</strong>
                                          because the constituent media
                                          may evolve independently; the
                                          association’s medium must
                                          continuously adapt to preserve
                                          overall system integrity.</li>
                                      </ol>
                                      <p>Feel free to let me know
                                        whether you’d like a more formal
                                        mathematical development, a
                                        concrete example from a
                                        particular domain (physics,
                                        software architecture, social
                                        systems, etc.), or guidance on
                                        how to simulate such a model.</p>
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