Abstract: A training data generator includes an interface to read symbols extracted from digital system plans for technical systems, wherein each of the system plans represents the design and/or the functionality of a technical system by of symbols, and the system plans are identical. The training data generator also includes a storage module which is designed to store the extracted symbols, a selection module which is designed to randomly select a symbol sub-quantity of the stored symbols using a random generator, a generator which is designed to generate at least one synthetic system plan on the basis of the selected symbol sub-quantity, and an output module to output the at least one synthetic system plan as training data in order to train a trainable image detection module, wherein the trainable image detection module is designed to generate a digital system plan using an analog system plan of a technical system.

Abstract: A method and a device for configuring a controller and to a method and a controller for controlling a technical system by means of a data-based control model is provided, in particular a model based on reinforcement learning. This data-based control model is configured using a model-predictive control model. Configuration parameters of the data-based control model are set by mapping the model-predictive control model onto the data-based control model in such a way that the data-based control model reproduces the output data of the model predictive control model depending on state data of the technical system read in, and determines optimized control parameters configured in this way. A computationally intensive training procedure for configuring the data-based control model can thus be avoided.

Abstract: A method and a device for the computer-assisted simulation of a modular technical system, wherein for each real module of the modular technical system, a corresponding virtual module is generated, is provided. The virtual module includes a controller for controlling a module-specific process and at least one module-specific simulation model, to which model type information is assigned, for simulating the model-specific process. The virtual module is designed to simulate the module-specific process that is controlled by the controller by means of the module-specific simulation model and/or the controller of the real module, and is provided for a computer-assisted simulation of the modular technical system as a data container. In particular, the following allows a virtual start-up of modular process systems.