Figure 16. A system can condense into a major complex and minor complexes that may or may not interact with it.

The set of elements ABC specifies the local maximum of integrated information Φ^Max and thus forms the major complex of the system. The sets of elements DE and FG also specify local maxima of integrated information albeit with lower Φ^Max than the main complex. DE and FG thus form minor complexes. The set of elements ABCDE is strongly integrated, but is excluded from forming a complex, since it overlaps with ABC, which is a local maximum of integrated information. The elements I, J, and L cannot be part of any complex since they do not have both causes and effects in the rest of the system. Neither can H and K, since they are part of a strictly feed-forward chain.