These two sites were not found in the early work because they have redundant functions and individual mutations do not affect repression very much.

"This could signal the elimination of a lot of redundant functions in engineering," he said.

The savings would come from merging operations and redundant back-office functions, like billing and marketing.

The consolidation, Hartmarx said, would help it reduce expenses and costs by eliminating redundant functions.

Quite a few of them show redundant functions.

The report emphasized improving management efficiencies in the Defense Department by "cutting excess infrastructure, eliminating redundant functions and initiating common business practices."

This view does not take into account (1) the possibility of redundant function; and (2) the fact that some human behavior is subtle.

Layoffs were not accompanied by a restructuring of the museum's operations nor by the elimination of redundant functions and management levels.

"We haven't made any definitive decisions, but we are looking at overlapping branches and redundant functions in two large independent organizations."

The staff found that this is consistent with AT&T's own statements in the record that "jobs serving redundant functions" would be eliminated to reduce costs.