The method 8 wherein for those requesters having {TAIL ~ a chosen number} greater than one for one of said priority vectors, the corresponding requester identifiers for each of {HEAD ~ those requesters} not all being contiguous in the sequence of requester identifiers 
The method 8 wherein for those requesters having { TAIL ~ a chosen number } greater than one for one of said priority vectors , the corresponding requester identifiers for each of { HEAD ~ those requesters } not all being contiguous in the sequence of requester identifiers
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