期刊名称：Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
印刷版ISSN：1460-7425
出版年度：2009
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：1-4
出版社：University of Surrey, Department of Sociology
摘要：This short comment on Epstein's (2008) paper and on the response by Thompson and Derr (2008) argues that the symmetry between explanation and prediction cannot satisfactorily be discussed without making clear what prediction means—depending on which connotations the authors have with 'prediction' their arguments can or cannot be accepted.
