But in an agent-based model you simply run a computer simulation to see what emerges, free from any top-down assumptions.

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CINF, which was started by independent insurance agents, has an agent-centered business model.

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She was a 14-year-old in JFK Airport when she was first spied by an agent for London's Storm Model Management.

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Miwa is a Japanese beauty working in Shanghai as a model, a make-up artist and an agent.

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