In the course of the digital transformation, the importance of mathematical-physical simulations and in silico experiments is increasing rapidly. If real measuring equipment and measurements are simulated with such simulations, this can be called "virtual measuring device" or "virtual measurement". In many areas these are now in everyday use. For example, simulations serve to gain a better understanding of the real experiment, to plan new experiments or to evaluate existing ones. In the meantime, simulations are increasingly being used as an essential component of a real measurement, usually as part of an inverse problem.
In this development, the task of metrology is to secure confidence in simulation results when they are used in the same way as or combined with real measurements.
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