A data processing system and method are provided for repetitively determining a resource amount for counterbalancing the transfer of a failure risk pertaining to a bundle of constructs that may individually fail. In the present invention, a BOC subcarrier, a QBOC subcarrier and harmonics thereof are used as subcarriers. Embodiments can determine those connections likely to use relatively large amounts of system resources and apply flow control techniques to these connections. The extended chain surfactants are intramolecular mixtures containing hydrophilic and lipophilic portions.