A method of operating an internal combustion engine, means for controlling and / or regulating the device for operating an internal combustion engine, an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine and using

A method of operating an internal combustion engine, comprising: - a boot (300) having an exhaust gas recirculation (360) - a motor (200) having a plurality of cylinders (203, 204, 205, 206) which can be charged by means of charge air and / or exhaust gas of the charging (300), and - a charge control (100) for charging (300) the reference variable, on at least one charge air (LL) in question charge air-size and the exhaust gas (AG) based respective exhaust gas quantity, and is assigned to a first manipulated variable and second manipulated variable of the charge (300) by means of the charge control (100), wherein the charge control (100) having first and second outer lead controller and method comprising the steps of: - entering an air based on the load size outer first guide value (191) to the first outer guide controller (111) - input of a system based on the exhaust gas-size outer second guide value (192) to the second outer guide controller (112), an inner first desired value of the charge-air quantity is calculated by means of the first outer master controller (111) and external means of the second an inner second set value of the exhaust gas amount is calculated master controller (112) characterized in that the charge control comprising a succession controller which is formed as a cascaded succession of internal controller (113), and the method further comprises the steps of: - calculated entering a at least by means of the first outer master controller (111), the inner first guide value (193) to the cascaded inner succession controller (113) and entering a at least by means of the second outer master controller (112) calculated inner second guide value (194) to the cascaded inner succession controller (113), a first set / actual deviation as an inner first guide value (193) is supplied in the form of a difference from an inner first target value based on the charge-air quantity and an inner first actual value of the charge air-size, and a second target / actual deviation is fed as an internal second reference value (194) in the form of a difference from an inner second target value based on the exhaust gas quantity and an inner second actual value of the exhaust-size ...