An operator training simulator (OTS) is a computer-based training system that uses a dynamic simulation model of an industrial process, usually integrated with an emulator of the process plant's Distributed Control System (DCS).
[1] An OTS uses a dynamic simulation of the process in order to generate the appropriated data to feed an emulation of the plant's control system.
The elements of a typical OTS are the following:[1] Common applications of OTS systems are the following: