According to the invention, the
system twinning (101) is optimized in terms of robustness, the
system twinning (101) comprising a behavioral model (104) describing an undisturbed behavior of the
system (102) and a behavior expected under the influence of one or more predefined disturbances (105, 107, 108), a model of the environment (113) being provided, the system (102) being implemented for interacting with the environment (113), and the system (102) being implemented for interacting with the environment (113). The system (102) is connected to the environment (113) such that the environment (113) supplies at least one input
signal (106) to the system (102) and receives at least one output
signal (109) from the system (102), where the system (102) together with the environment (113) forms an overall system (115), the system twinning (101) and the environment model (114) are linked to form an overall model (116), the overall model (116) is executed at least twice to obtain
simulation data (119), the total model (116) in the undisturbed state is used in the first execution; and synchronously simulating at least one interference (105, 107, 108) of the system (102) during a second execution of the total model (116) in order to simulate a behavior of the total system (115) under the influence of the interference (105, 107, 108) acting on the system (102); analyzing the
simulation data (119) to determine an expected effect (121) of the at least one disturbance (105, 107, 108) on the overall system (115) from a comparison of data determined during a first execution of the overall model (116) with data determined during a second execution of the overall model (116); at least one operation is determined and communicated to the user as a function of the expected effect (121).