SELECTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUP SIMULATION OF AUTOMATION CONTROL AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

A simulation model can individually and selectively simulate sub-processes of a full-scale production system. Such a customized simulator can directly simulate all the processes of a system, any combination of processes of a system, or a single process of a system. The remaining processes of the system are left to be executed by an operator or equivalent software program. The model and corresponding information can be used for test, design, evaluation, adjustment, certification, and training purposes.