Systems and methods for dependency-prediction include executing instructions in an instruction pipeline of a processor and detecting a conditionality-imposing control instruction, such as an If-Then instruction, which imposes dependent behavior on a conditionality block size of one or more dependent instructions. The method includes the steps of providing a rolled sheet of metal material having an initial thickness and forming a blank having a prescribed outer shape from the material. Congestion is detected on a signaling link associated with at least one of the routes. The time-domain analysis can include analyzing time blocks in a time domain to determine whether measurement distribution in the multiphase flowmeter data of the analyzed time blocks represents stable flow of the multiphase fluid.