One embodiment includes a method for operating a terminal having at least
one resource. The terminal is configured to execute at least one
application in real-time. The execution of the application requires
execution of at least two tasks. The method comprises selecting operating
points for each of the tasks from a predetermined set without knowing all
implementation details. The method further comprises determining at least
one implementation parameter for the selected quality-resource
utilization operating point, wherein the determining is performed for
each of the tasks, and wherein the determined implementation parameter is
different than the quality and resource utilization, and executing the
tasks with their determined implementation parameter.