System and method for checking system requirements of cyber-physical systems

1. A method for checking system requirements of cyber-physical systems in a composite system, the method comprising:

creating a digital twin for each of cyber-physical system;

stipulating system requirements for each of the cyber-physical systems;

storing the system requirements of respective cyber-physical systems directly and/or indirectly in respective digital twins which are each assigned to each of the cyber-physical system; and

linking at least two or more digital twins;

wherein the linked digital twins each communicate with one another and at least partially interchange respective system requirements with each other;

wherein the linked digital twins are configured to compare the stored system requirements with the interchanged respective system requirements and determine a most restricted requirement of the linked two or more digital twins;

wherein the linked digital twins are configured to adapt the stored system requirements on a basis of the comparison carried out with the interchanged respective system requirements and stipulate the adapted system requirements as a new system requirement, wherein the adapted system requirements are congruent with the most restricted requirement;

wherein at least one of the linked digital twins is configured to communicate the new system requirements to at least one other digital twin of the linked digital twins.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each digital twin has an engineering part which is used to engineer an associated cyber-physical system.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a composite digital twin is created for the composite system of the cyber-physical systems, and the linked digital twins of the cyber-physical systems are linked to the composite digital twin for the composite system.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the respective digital twin, in the assigned cyber-physical system of which a change in the stored system requirements occurs, communicates the change to the at least one other digital twin linked to the digital twin, and the linked digital twins compare the changed system requirement with previous system requirements.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each change in the stored system requirements is provided with an identifier.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the linked digital twins each communicate with the at least one other digital twin via a communication interface.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the original system requirements of the linked digital twins are stored and, if a respective digital twin is removed from the composite system, the remaining at least one other digital twin can resort to original system requirements.

8. A system for checking system requirements of cyber-physical systems in a composite system comprising:

a plurality of cyber-physical systems;

a respective digital twin for each respective cyber-physical system of the plurality of cyber-physical systems, wherein system requirements are stipulated for each of the respective cyber-physical system;

wherein the respective digital twin assigned to the respective cyber-physical system is configured to store the system requirements of the respective cyber-physical system directly and/or indirectly;

wherein at least two or more digital twins are configured to be linked to one another and to each communicate in pairs with one another and to at least partially interchange respective system requirements with each another;

wherein the linked digital twins are configured to compare the stored system requirements with the interchanged respective system requirements and determine a most restricted requirement of the linked two or more digital twins, further wherein the linked digital twins are configured to adapt the stored system requirements on a basis of the comparison carried out with the interchanged respective system requirements and to be able to stipulate the adapted system requirements as a new system requirement, wherein the adapted system requirements are congruent with the most restricted requirement; and

wherein at least one of the linked digital twins is configured to communicate the new system requirements to at least one other digital twin of the linked digital twins.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein each digital twin has an engineering part which can be used to engineer an associated cyber-physical system.

10. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a composite digital twin is provided for the composite system of the cyber-physical systems, and the linked digital twins of the cyber-physical systems are linked to the composite digital twin for the composite system.

11. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the respective digital twin, in the assigned cyber-physical system of which the change in the stored system requirements occurs, is configured to communicate the change to the at least one other digital twin linked to the digital twin, and the linked digital twins are configured to compare the changed system requirement with previous system requirements.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein each change in the stored system requirements is provided with an identifier.

13. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the linked digital twins have a communication interface for communicating with the at least one other digital twin.

14. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein original system requirements of the linked digital twins are stored and, if a respective digital twin is removed from the composite system, the remaining at least one digital twin can resort to original system requirements.

15. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code executable by a processor of a computer system to implement a method as claimed in claim 1 .