Display of Mental Models and Enlightenment of Thinking: Preliminary Exploration into the Possibilities of Applying System Dynamics to the Study of Historical Method

摘要

This is not the first time that system dynamics is applied to historical studies.However, this article is different from the existed studies. It focuses on the study of historical methods and purposes instead of an individual event or history teaching methods.This article tries to conduct studies by combining historical concept and system dynamics theory. Finally, a case study of causes for civilian revolt is adopted herein to show the effectiveness of the proposal.