Method of initializing a simulation of the behavior of an industrial plant, and simulation system for an industrial plant

Abstract

During an initialization of a simulation of the behavior of an industrial plant containing a number of components, a particularly reliable parameter input is intended to be ensured with a particularly low outlay. To this end, in an initialization method provision is made, according to the invention, that for each component a component type is identified in each case and, in circuit terms, is characterized by a number of inputs and by a number of outputs for one parameter in each case. The initialization method uses a stored component-type-specific signal flow structure for the parameter of each output for specifying whether a parameter input is requested for a component.

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