(0) Obligation:

Clauses:

p :- thief(john).
thief(john).
thief(X) :- ','(thief(X), !).

Query: p()

(1) PrologToPiTRSViaGraphTransformerProof (SOUND transformation)

Transformed Prolog program to (Pi-)TRS.

(2) Obligation:

Pi-finite rewrite system:
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

pA_in_pA_out_

Pi is empty.

(3) DependencyPairsProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

Using Dependency Pairs [AG00,LOPSTR] we result in the following initial DP problem:
Pi DP problem:
P is empty.
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

pA_in_pA_out_

Pi is empty.
We have to consider all (P,R,Pi)-chains

(4) Obligation:

Pi DP problem:
P is empty.
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

pA_in_pA_out_

Pi is empty.
We have to consider all (P,R,Pi)-chains

(5) PisEmptyProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

The TRS P is empty. Hence, there is no (P,R,Pi) chain.

(6) YES