System and method for providing a digital simulation of an installation, and corresponding computer program product

A system for providing a digital replica of at least one part of an installation for a virtual training, comprising:

• a data memory that stores at least
• a base class, which implements, in a device-independent manner, functions of elementary hardware components that are usable in different devices, and
• a library of virtual devices, at least one of which incorporates at least one of the elementary hardware components and which deterministically replicate a topology and a functional behavior of corresponding real devices,
• a parser configured to read a file describing a predefined training scenario and to automatically generate therefrom a list of the respective virtual devices and/or hardware components with a hierarchic structure that are needed for the predefined training scenario to be replicated based on the topology and the functional behavior of the corresponding real devices,
• wherein the virtual devices have a hierarchically interleaved structure, with a result that a hierarchically higher device comprises at least one hierarchically lower device and/or at least one of the elementary hardware components, and
• wherein the system is configured to generate the digital replica from the virtual devices and/or the elementary hardware components in a manner matched to the predefined training scenario in each case.