1. An automation system for performing a process selected from the group consisting of creating, adapting, and both of a unit selected from the group consisting of a machine, a system model of a virtual machine, and a virtual system for behavior stimulation, comprising a control system with a data recording unit for recording data selected from the group consisting of machine data and system data; a data preparation unit for analyzing the data recorded in said data recording unit, so as to automatically store models selected from the group consisting of machine models, system models, and both ascertained or adapted via a data analysis in the virtual machine or the virtual system in order to stimulate a machine or system behavior of a real machine or system.