}
    requests.addAndGet(reps);
    return dummy;
  }

  private int nextRandomKey() {
    int a = random.nextInt(max);

    /*
     * For example, if concentration=2.0, the following takes the square root of
     * the uniformly-distributed random integer, then truncates any fractional
     * part, so higher integers would appear (in this case linearly) more often
     * than lower ones.
     */

    }
    requests.addAndGet(reps);
    return dummy;
  }

  private int nextRandomKey() {
    int a = random.nextInt(max);

    /*
     * For example, if concentration=2.0, the following takes the square root of
     * the uniformly-distributed random integer, then truncates any fractional
     * part, so higher integers would appear (in this case linearly) more often
     * than lower ones.
     */