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My problem is very simple but I don’t really know its name and therefore, it’s hard to find a solution by myself :
How to simplify a dependency graph like (where -> means depends):
A -> B -> C & A -> C
to
A -> B -> C
You are looking for transitive reduction.
For a discussion of algorithms, see Transitive Closure and Reduction.