Integrals of Vertex Operators and uantum Shuffles

Given a braided vector space , we show that iterated integrals of operator-valued functions satisfying a certain exchange relation give rise to representations of the quantum shuffle algebra built on . Using the quantum shuffle construction of the 'upper triangular part' of a quantum shuffle, this provides a simple proof of the result of Bouwknegt, MacCarthy and Pilch saying that integrals of vertex operators acting on certain Fock modules give rise to representations of .