Method and apparatus for controlling operating modes of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine particularly of a motor vehicle, the internal combustion engine comprises components which are each operated in a mode of a mode coordinator (100) is determined, and wherein it is especially provided that the mode coordinator (100) determining said at least one mode of operation on the basis of other operating aspects of the components (310, 320) meets.