Let us have 4 phases: F1, F2, F3 y F4

and the following valuation of a group of safeguards



F1

F2

F3

F4

group

L1

L1-L2

L1-L3

L1-L3

    S1

L1




    S2

L1

L2



    S3

L1

L2

L3



If we combine F2 + F3, the values in phase F2 that are not modified in phase F3, are copied in phase F3:



F1

F2

F3

F4

group

L1

L1-L2

L1-L3

L1-L3

    S1

L1




    S2

L1

L2

L2


    S3

L1

L2

L3



So, we may now remove phase F2 without losing information:



F1

F3

F4

group

L1

L1-L3

L1-L3

    S1

L1



    S2

L1

L2


    S3

L1

L3